Danielle Goldstein

May 1, 2019

News, Theatre

Avital Raz: My Jerusalem

Danielle Goldstein

May 1, 2019

News, Theatre

At a time when Trump can declare Jerusalem to be the Jewish capital, accusations of antisemitism plague the Labour Party, and negative feelings towards Israel rise, this solo performance from Avital Raz feels very timely indeed. My Jerusalem is a politically charged tale of a drunken…

Danielle Goldstein

April 30, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

All My Sons ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

April 30, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

London’s Old Vic Theatre is a leader in the current revelatory series of revivals of the plays of Arthur Miller. The American Clock, his ‘wide-screen’ kaleidoscopic examination of the disintegration of the American dream, through the Great Depression, Wall Street Crash and…

Danielle Goldstein

April 5, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Little Miss Sunshine ★★★

Danielle Goldstein

April 5, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Folk are passionate about the 2006 Oscar-winning movie that takes its audience on a road trip from New Mexico to California in the company of the dysfunctional, financially challenged Hoover family. The aim of the trip? To traverse 800 miles in a battered old VW bus in just 48 hours…

Danielle Goldstein

April 1, 2019

Interviews, Theatre

Song of Dina

Danielle Goldstein

April 1, 2019

Interviews, Theatre

In Genesis, chapter 34, a horrific series of events is set in motion. Dina, the only daughter of the patriarch Jacob, goes out “to meet the women of the land” where Jacob and his family have settled. She encounters Shechem, the local Hivite prince. According to Genesis, he “took her and…

Danielle Goldstein

March 22, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

The Rubenstein Kiss ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

March 22, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

James Phillips’ award-winning 2005 play was inspired by the story behind the execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg in 1953 for allegedly providing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union. Esther and Jakob Rubenstein are the fictional Jewish couple, whose similar fate is a given…

Danielle Goldstein

March 14, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Betrayal ★★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

March 14, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Jamie Lloyd’s brilliantly successful visionary season of Pinter’s work comes to a fitting climax with the playwright’s 1978 semi-autobiographical memory play. Betrayal plays its anatomy of an adulterous relationship backwards, beginning in 1977 (two years after it has ended) and ending where…

Danielle Goldstein

March 14, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Admissions ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

March 14, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Joshua Harmon can make you laugh and cringe simultaneously. He gives his characters space for long rants – and plenty of rope to hang themselves. In his earlier hit comedy Bad Jews, relationships come under strain when family members are forced together for their…

Danielle Goldstein

March 13, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Strike up the Band ★★★

Danielle Goldstein

March 13, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Last week saw the American ambassador to the UK using strangely combative language in defence of US chlorine-washed chicken and yet another awkward love-in/stand-off between his current boss and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. So this 1927 collaboration between the Gershwin…

Danielle Goldstein

February 28, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

Come From Away ★★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

February 28, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

From the Canadian Jewish husband and wife writing team Irene Sankoff and David Hein, Come From Away tells the incredible true story of how the residents of Gander, Newfoundland, welcomed the passengers of planes from around the world grounded by the 9/11 attacks…

Danielle Goldstein

February 18, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

The American Clock ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

February 18, 2019

Reviews, Theatre

It’s open season on Arthur Miller in the UK right now, as this second autobiographical play looking back to the legacy of the Great Depression joins The Price on the London stage, with All My Sons waiting in the wings to follow in April. It’s also a sign of the times that both the…