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The Crucible ★★★★

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The Crucible ★★★★

The dark oppressiveness of 17th century Salem is conveyed the moment you step into the auditorium for the National Theatre’s revival of Arthur Miller’s classic play The Crucible. On all three sides of the Olivier’s stage, a curtain of water pours in a continuous, heavy stream. On and on it flows…

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Jews. In Their Own Words. ★★★★

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Jews. In Their Own Words. ★★★★

Jonathan Freedland’s first venture into writing for the stage is billed in the programme not as a play but a ‘theatrical enquiry’: carefully chosen phrasing, to describe a brave undertaking by this seasoned journalist. It was actor Tracy-Ann Oberman (played here by Louisa Clein), billed as…

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David Broza sings Leonard Cohen

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David Broza sings Leonard Cohen

This month Leonard Cohen would have turned 88 and to mark the occasion, Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza is releasing a trio of Cohen covers. The first, released on the bard’s birthday, 21 September, will be the lilting love letter that is ‘So Long, Marianne’. Following this a month later…

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Two Ukrainian Plays ★★★★

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Two Ukrainian Plays ★★★★

A dark, surreal tragicomedy and a stark, heartbreaking monologue in a double bill by two women playwrights digs deep into the human situation of individuals caught up in the conflict in Ukraine. What is immediately striking as you watch this hard-hitting pairing of dramas, actually…

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In conversation: Jeremy Sassoon

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In conversation: Jeremy Sassoon

As Jeremy Sassoon undertakes a run of his show MOJO: Musicians of Jewish Origin at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we caught up with the British Jewish singer and pianist to find out what music offers that psychiatry doesn’t, his worst and best performances and what’s next for the…