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EXPLAINED: 5 | Vintage Vibes

Once even Jews would utter the word ‘Jew’ in a whisper. Now it is up in lights

The fate of Jewish people is to be seen through a lens clouded by centuries of myth and imaginings. For a new play, I spoke to 12 British Jews whose stories illustrate the painful – and even bloody – consequences

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The Snail House at Hampstead Theatre: Richard Eyre’s long-awaited debut play sorely disappoints

The eminent director’s first play would have benefited from a more rigorous edit

Evening Standard

Playtime review – quirky gags and mimed mayhem as Tati comedy takes the stage

This adaptation of the classic 1967 film is packed with fun despite losing its way in the second half

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Silence review – a potent and poetic telling of the partition of India

The stage adaptation of Kavita Puri’s extraordinary oral history project is at times superficial and blunt but also deeply moving

The Guardian - UK

Much Ado About Nothing review – screwball Shakespeare goes with a swing

Simon Godwin masterfully directs a slick production starring Katherine Parkinson and John Heffernan

The Guardian - UK

Review: Sister Act is a sparkling spectacle at the Palace Theatre

But it's not the sing-a-long classic some might expect

Manchester Evening News

The Southbury Child review – a vicar picks an odd hill to die on

Even-handed to a fault, Stephen Beresford’s new comedy coasts by on sub-Alan Bennett humour and the odd eye-roll at wokeness. But its hero’s stance on balloons beggars belief

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Jitney review – a taut, tense tale of Black injustice in 1970s America

A stylish rework of the August Wilson character-study sees a standout performance from Wil Johnson as the put-upon head of the titular cab station

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Mog the Forgetful Cat review – a miaow-vellous musical treat

Judith Kerr’s warm-hearted children’s book is faithfully realised with a vivid and gently ingenious portrait of family life

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Audience get drenched at Singin' in the Rain in Bord Gais Energy Theatre

The cast kicked puddles of water at the audience

Dublin Live

The Unfriend review – manners can be the death of you in Steven Moffat’s comedy

Mark Gatiss directs Reece Shearsmith in Moffat’s cringe-tastic play that more than stands up next to the trio’s celebrated TV work

The Guardian - UK

Grease review – room-filling energy, nostalgia and first-rate tunes

The unreconstructed sexism remains but so too do the big song and dance numbers in a production featuring Peter Andre

The Guardian - UK

Review: Singin' in the Rain at Opera House

"Silken waves of gorgeousness one minute and fleet-footed fabulousness the next"

Manchester Evening News

Understudies are the undervalued key to change in the theatre industry - let’s make it happen

Covid chaos has had a huge effect on theatre shows and understudies have held them together - it’s time to do more than applaud

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The Homecoming review – Pinter’s wickedly funny drama with a warped fairytale twist

On a spectacular set creating Nosferatu-like shadows, Keith Allen expertly negotiates patriarch Max’s rapid turns in a bleakly humorous production exploring relationships

The Guardian - UK

Straight Line Crazy review – Ralph Fiennes enthrals as the man who shaped New York

Fiennes heads an electrifying cast in David Hare’s dynamic portrait of Robert Moses, an aggressive yet visionary urban planner who refused to back down

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