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Danielle Goldstein
July 17, 2025
Film & TV, Interviews

The film that changed my life: Sophie Zucker

Danielle Goldstein
July 17, 2025
Film & TV, Interviews
The film that changed my life: Sophie Zucker

US comedian and writer Sophie Zucker unpacks Josie and the Pussycats, directed by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan…

Tagged: Jewish comedy, Jewish comedian, Josie and the Pussycats, Tara Reid, Film column

Danielle Goldstein
July 16, 2025
Festivals, Previews

From groundbreaking shows to inappropriate jokes: The Fringe returns

Danielle Goldstein
July 16, 2025
Festivals, Previews
From groundbreaking shows to inappropriate jokes: The Fringe returns

As Edinburgh gets set to welcome the annual festivities, we dive into the must-see Jewish shows…

Tagged: Jewish comedy, Jewish theatre, comedy review, theatre review, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Fringe, fringe fest, Fringe round-up, Fringe preview

Danielle Goldstein
June 6, 2025
Theatre, Reviews

The Reckoning ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
June 6, 2025
Theatre, Reviews
The Reckoning ★★★★

Dash Arts' thought-provoking drama will leave you fulfilled – in more ways than one…

Tagged: London theatre, Jewish theatre, theatre review

Danielle Goldstein
May 29, 2025
Theatre, Reviews

The Frogs ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
May 29, 2025
Theatre, Reviews
The Frogs ★★★★

A fabulous cast finds its funny as gods, mortals and more in Sondheim’s merry musical fable…

Tagged: theatre review, London theatre review, Jewish theatre, London theatre

Danielle Goldstein
May 29, 2025
Obituaries

Alan Yentob 1947-2025

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May 29, 2025
Obituaries
Alan Yentob 1947-2025

The BBC broadcaster has died aged 78. David Herman looks back at his influential career in TV…

Tagged: Alan Yentob, obituary

Danielle Goldstein
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Theatre, Reviews

The Crucible ★★★★

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May 28, 2025
Theatre, Reviews
The Crucible ★★★★

Seven decades on and Arthur Miller's thriller based on the Salem Witch Trials still hits a pertinent nerve…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, London theatre, Shakespeare's Globe, Shakespeare, theatre review

Danielle Goldstein
May 19, 2025
Film & TV, Reviews

The Most Precious of Cargoes ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
May 19, 2025
Film & TV, Reviews
The Most Precious of Cargoes ★★★★

An extraordinary feat of animation that offers perspectives from the heart – and heartless – amid the horrors of the Holocaust…

Tagged: film review, Jewish film, Jewish animation, animated film, film animation, Michel Hazanavicius, Jean-Claude Grumberg, Holocaust, World War Two, World War II, WWII

Danielle Goldstein
May 16, 2025
Theatre, Reviews

House of Games ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein
May 16, 2025
Theatre, Reviews
House of Games ★★★★

A well-rounded thriller of an adaptation of David Mamet's film of the same name…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, London theatre, West End theatre, theatre review

Danielle Goldstein
May 13, 2025
Theatre, Reviews

Here We Are ★★★★

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May 13, 2025
Theatre, Reviews
Here We Are ★★★★

Stephen Sondheim bids a dreamlike farewell in this colourful posthumous musical…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, London theatre, theatre review, London theatre review, Stephen Sondheim, Jane Krakowski, Rory Kinnear, Denis O’Hare, Jesse Tyler Ferguson

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Theatre, Reviews

Faygele ★★★★

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May 9, 2025
Theatre, Reviews
Faygele ★★★★

A touching tale of an impossible dilemma, shared with empathy and sensitivity…

Tagged: Jewish theatre, Jewish play, London theatre, London theatre review, theatre review, Jewish playwright, Faygele, bar mitzvah

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