Arnold Wesker’s Roots has been paired with John Osborne’s Look Back in Anger –eight decades on the East End Jewish playwright emerges as the more potent dramatist by far
By John Nathan
This quintessentially Jewish work tackles the inherited trauma of the Holocaust and is also a really smart and funny comedy
Israeli playwright Gur Piepskovitz’s upcoming work explores themes of otherness and self-discovery
By Eliana Jordan
The American writer on the Patrick Marber-directed stage adaptation of his 2011 Pulitzer-finalist short story ahead of its UK premiere
By Elisa Bray
The author’s own words are deployed to chilling effect in this measured and gripping play
Here are some of the best (Jewish-adjacent) shows that TV, film and theatre have to offer in October and November
Superb acting carries this re-staging of the mind-bending classic by Samuel Beckett
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This reworking of the popular classic features mesmerising new choreography and a powerful reinterpretation of the narrative
By Joy Sable
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Mark Rosenblatt’s work about the children’s author and self-confessed antisemite opens this week
Theatre bosses and the director disagreed on the adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, a report claims
By Ellie Grant
This slick revival of his 1982 play combines comedy and cleverness in a way that would come across as intellectual show-boating in the hands of a lesser writer
Seeing this play in the wake of Britain’s far-right riots gives it added poignancy
Nathan Englander’s play stars West Wing and Scandal star Joshua Malina in his London stage debut
It is beautifully performed, but this will they, won’t they romance never quite takes off
I talk to Jonathan Salt about his one-man play telling the story of the hero orphanage director Janusz Korczak who tried to preserve the dignity and safety of his charges in the Warsaw Ghetto
By Nicole Lampert
This is a rare example of a West End play driven by intelligent writing and excellent writing, not star power
