Theatre

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Interview: Na’ama Zisser

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Interview: Na’ama Zisser

Israeli composer Na’ama Zisser tells us about writing her Jewish opera Mamzer Bastard. Imagine you’re in New York in the 1970s. Jimmy Carter is either in office or about to be, bands like the Bee Gees and Elton John are vying for top spot in the charts, and one very apprehensive groom named Yoel is dreading his impending wedding…

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Secret Life of Humans ★★★★

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Secret Life of Humans ★★★★

A beautifully-realised theatrical account of human endeavour. Before Homo sapiens there was Neanderthal man. And before Simon Schama, Mary Beard and David Attenborough, there was Dr Jacob Bronowski. A Polish Jewish refugee, Bronowski became one of the first intellectuals…

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Used to Be Blonde ★★★★

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Used to Be Blonde ★★★★

Tomorrow's dance stars shine in Sharon Eyal's thrilling vision. To watch 41 very young – and very talented – dancers executing Sharon Eyal’s exacting and precise choreography is to share a life-affirming and exhilarating experience with the rest of the audience and the young company themselves…

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Ruthless! The Musical ★★★★

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Ruthless! The Musical ★★★★

Murder, mayhem and musical fun to die for. If backstage musicals featuring mothers who will stop at nothing are your bag, you'll recognise and revel in this no-holds-barred, wildly over-the-top spoof of and homage to the genre. Think Gypsy, think All About Eve…

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Under the Skin ★★★★

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Under the Skin ★★★★

The story of a shocking, seemingly impossible love, vividly told. Anneliese (Ilsa) Kohlmann was a guard in Neuengamme concentration camp, said to have had liaisons with female prisoners. From the few facts that remain, playwright Yonatan Calderon has wrought a short play of shocking beauty…

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Broken Glass ★★★★

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Broken Glass ★★★★

A wonderfully lucid account of Arthur Miller’s powerful psychodrama. In Broken Glass Arthur Miller addresses the fate of Jews in Nazi Germany through the reactions of one New York Jewish family to the news of Kristallnacht in November 1938. Haunted by graphic news images coming out of Germany…