Danielle Goldstein

January 12, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

Nabucco ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

January 12, 2022

Reviews, Theatre

Jewish themes rarely crop up in classical opera, so it's no surprise that Giuseppe Verdi sent shock waves through Europe with his third opera Nabucco in 1842. The piece replaces drab arias and emotionless principals with a dramatic retelling of Jewish Middle Eastern history…

Danielle Goldstein

December 22, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

Peggy for You ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

December 22, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

Alan Plater’s portrait of Peggy Ramsay, the agent he shared with a galaxy of fellow playwrights, premiered at Hampstead Theatre in 1999 with Maureen Lipman in the title role, subsequently transferring to the West End. Richard Wilson’s sparky new production of Plater’s day…

Danielle Goldstein

December 20, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

Spring Awakening ★★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

December 20, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

Frank Wedekind wrote his daring exploration of teenage angst and repression in 1891, but thanks to scenes graphically exploring pubescent sexual fantasies onstage, it was premiered only in 1906 and has often been censored or banned. Its setting in a time of sexual repression is vital…

Danielle Goldstein

December 15, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

Habeas Corpus ★★★★

Danielle Goldstein

December 15, 2021

Reviews, Theatre

Billing Alan Bennett’s 1973 comedy as "a filthy farce from a less enlightened age" is a canny move. It pretty well pre-empts any cancelling by detractors in 2021, shocked by the fun in that age of trouser-dropping and accidental bosom fondling, typified by the long-running so-called…

Danielle Goldstein

December 15, 2021

News, Art

Manchester Jewish Museum to get new gatekeepers

Danielle Goldstein

December 15, 2021

News, Art

Manchester Jewish Museum to get new gatekeepers

After 10 years of planning, two years of construction and £6 million, the shiny new Manchester Jewish Museum (MJM) is being handed over to new management. Chief Executive Max Dunbar and Chair of Trustees Andrew Singer QC…

Danielle Goldstein

December 8, 2021

News, Family

Testing for Jewish genetic disorders evolves

Danielle Goldstein

December 8, 2021

News, Family

Testing for Jewish genetic disorders evolves

Founded in 2009, Jnetics is a small charity with a big ambition – to make a real difference to the prevention and diagnosis of Jewish genetic disorders. As well as raising awareness in the field, Jnetics also provides support…

Danielle Goldstein

December 6, 2021

Obituaries

Sir Antony Sher 1949-2021

Danielle Goldstein

December 6, 2021

Obituaries

Sir Antony Sher was one of the great actors of our time, perhaps best known for his outstanding performances with the Royal Shakespeare Company from the 1980s to his trilogy as Falstaff (2014), Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman (2015) and Lear (2016, 2018), all…

Danielle Goldstein

November 29, 2021

Obituaries

Stephen Sondheim 1930-2021

Danielle Goldstein

November 29, 2021

Obituaries

It was in 1972 that Stephen Sondheim’s musical Company arrived in London. With apparently no storyline, save for the efforts of his friends to change the marital status of Bobby, the bachelor guy around whom these couples and girlfriend hopefuls revolve, it may have puzzled some…

Danielle Goldstein

November 24, 2021

Features, Family

A litter picker's not just for Mitzvah Day

Danielle Goldstein

November 24, 2021

Features, Family

A litter picker's not just for Mitzvah Day

Last Sunday saw the return of Mitzvah Day, the UK’s largest faith-led day of social action. Every year in November, thousands of Jews, people of other faiths and no faith come together to give their time – not money – to make a…

Danielle Goldstein

November 24, 2021

News, Family

10th annual Islington menorah lighting

Danielle Goldstein

November 24, 2021

News, Family

Chabad Lubavitch Islington invites Jewish and non-Jewish communities accross London to commemorate the first night of Chanukah in a spirit of interfaith, tolerance and cohesion. The centrepiece of the celebration is the…