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Danielle Goldstein
November 14, 2018
Previews, Music

EFG London Jazz Festival 2018

Danielle Goldstein
November 14, 2018
Previews, Music

Have you ever considered Israeli contributions to culture? Sure, there are highly respected authors, great violinists, a burgeoning film industry and even success in Eurovision. But jazz? You’ll be surprised by how big the waves Israelis are making on the worldwide jazz stage…

Tagged: EFG London Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival, music preview, festival, jazz

Judi Herman
November 14, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Pinter Three and Pinter Four ★★★★

Judi Herman
November 14, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Pinter Three and Pinter Four ★★★★

Season supremo Jamie Lloyd has an extraordinarily clear vision of how to weave Harold Pinter’s playlets together. Plus his cast of starry names work with total commitment and teamwork as an ensemble. Pinter Three is a combination of short sharp sketches framed by two…

Tagged: theatre reviews, Harold Pinter, Pinter at the Pinter

Judi Herman
November 12, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Brexit ★★★★

Judi Herman
November 12, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Brexit ★★★★

This is a fast-moving, merciless satire comes from barrister and playwright Robert Khan, and writer and podcaster Tom Salinsky (who also nimbly directs). This pair of Jewish wits offer a take on Brexit that is, if anything, sharpened by its arrival in London after selling out in Edinburgh…

Tagged: theatre reviews, brexit, political theatre, satire, political satire

Judi Herman
November 7, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Bury the Dead ★★★★

Judi Herman
November 7, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Bury the Dead ★★★★

Bronx-born Jewish writer Irwin Shaw served in the US army in World War II, but he wrote this haunting expressionist drama in 1936, aged only 23. Although he sets it in “the second year of the war that is to begin tomorrow night”, it is perhaps more a comment on the waging…

Tagged: theatre reviews

Judi Herman
November 5, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Semites ★★★★

Judi Herman
November 5, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Semites ★★★★

“You don’t make peace with your friends; you make peace with your enemies.” Audience members are already actively engaged by the time they hear this powerful opening declaration. Smiling performers Ben Nathan and Lara Sawalha have invited them to take off their shoes as…

Tagged: theatre reviews, Israel/Palestine

Judi Herman
November 1, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Honour ★★★★

Judi Herman
November 1, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Honour ★★★★

Henry Goodman was last seen playing artist Lucian Freud in Alan Frank’s one-man play Looking at Lucian. In Honour – Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith’s telling dissection of relationships – Goodman plays George, a respected pillar of the literary…

Tagged: theatre reviews

Rebecca Taylor
October 31, 2018
News

A letter from JR's editor

Rebecca Taylor
October 31, 2018
News
A letter from JR's editor

We are shocked and devastated by the tragic events that took place last Friday at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh and we send our deepest condolences to the Pittsburgh community. Our thoughts are with you. Mass support for the community has poured…

Tagged: Pittsburgh Synagogue, open letter, news

Judi Herman
October 31, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Company ★★★★★

Judi Herman
October 31, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Company ★★★★★

The 1970 London production of Company was my first experience of a Sondheim musical and for me a revelation and a game-changer. I was enchanted by the marriage of music and words, the sophistication of both and the wit and precision of the man’s lyrics (he once said…

Tagged: theatre review, reviews, Stephen Sondheim, musical theatre, musicals

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Judi Herman
October 23, 2018
Reviews, Theatre

Bromance: The Dudesical ★★★★

Judi Herman
October 23, 2018
Reviews, Theatre
Bromance: The Dudesical ★★★★

There’s a cartoon quality to Michael Ian Walker and Kyle Ewalt’s lovable ‘dudesical’. And thanks to their catchy numbers and clever rhymes and Sarah Redmond’s spot-on production, it’s a quality cartoon. Think The Three Musketeers meets Seth Macfarlane’s…

Tagged: theatre reviews, Musicals, musical theatre, comedy

Judi Herman
October 3, 2018
Theatre, Interviews

Interview: Hannah Moscovitch and Christian Barry

Judi Herman
October 3, 2018
Theatre, Interviews
Interview: Hannah Moscovitch and Christian Barry

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story is a touring musical from Canada’s 2b Theatre Company about Canadian refugees at the turn of the 20th century. Judi Herman speaks to husband and wife team Hannah Moscovitch and…

Tagged: interviews, theatre reviews

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