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Dave Chapelle and the art of jokes about Jews

The provocative US comedian’s controversial routines can be defended — most of the time

By John Nathan

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Dave Chappelle: The Closer. c. Mathieu Bitton

Tammy Faye Theatre review: A 'miracle' central performance drives musical about Bible Belt America

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Marvellous Theatre review: Stoke City’s soul scores another feel-good goal

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GOOD by Taylor, , Writer - C.P. Taylor, Director - Dominic Cooke, Harold Pinter Theatre, 2022, Credit: Johan Persson/

Good Theatre review: How a decent man transformed into a Nazi

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Theatre review: The Band's Visit - A miraculous musical

Michael Longhurst’s exquisite new production pairs two superb Israeli performers - Alon Moni Aboutboul and Miri Mesika

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October 14, 2022 14:14

Theatre review: The Band's Visit - A miraculous musical

‘It’s right and proper that Jews play Jews’ says Elliot Levey as he prepares for his role in a new production of Good

Fresh from playing Herr Schultz in Cabaret, Levey is now set to play another German Jew in CP Taylor's classic play

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October 6, 2022 14:06

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 10: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Elliot Levey on stage accepting his award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical for "Cabaret"during The Olivier Awards 2022 with MasterCard at the Royal Albert Hall on April 10, 2022 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images for SOLT)

Theatre review: John Gabriel Borkman - Fall of an arrogant man

Simon Russell Beale excels as the disgraced banker in Ibsen's study of the hubris and arrogance of those who believe in their own infallibility

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October 6, 2022 13:55

Theatre review: John Gabriel Borkman - Fall of an arrogant man

Jews. In their own words Theatre review: 'Packs a hugely powerful punch'

This production undoubtedly represents a moment in the battle against Left-wing antisemitism

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September 29, 2022 11:07

Jews. In their own words Theatre review: 'Packs a hugely powerful punch'

An old play and old attitudes

The row over Caryl Churchill's 13-year-old play Seven Jewish Children carries on

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September 23, 2022 17:06

We’ve come a long way since Fiddler! A history of UK Jews on stage and screen

Depiction of Jews has happily moved on from the crass stereotypes so common in the early 20th century

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September 22, 2022 13:17

We’ve come a long way since Fiddler! A history of UK Jews on stage and screen

Rose Theatre Review: A Holocaust survivor in her own words

Maureen Lipman is at the top of her game in monologue that guides us through the epic life of an 80-year-old, Ukrainian-born, Miami hotel-owning widow

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September 22, 2022 10:44

Rose Theatre Review: A Holocaust survivor in her own words

Handbagged Theatre review: When the Queen met Mrs T

Fascinating dramatisation of what happened during the weekly meetings of our most divisive prime minister and our most unifying monarch

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September 22, 2022 10:44

A scene from Handbagged by Moira Buffini @ Kiln Theatre. Directed by Indhu Rubasingham. (Opening 15-09-22) ©Tristram Kenton 09-22 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

Royal Court Exclusive: Jonathan Freedland and Vicky Featherstone on their new play about antisemitism

‘If there had been anxiety it would have been on the part of the Royal Court': John Nathan meets two of the creative team attempting to atone for the theatre's sins of the past

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September 15, 2022 13:24

Royal Court Exclusive: Jonathan Freedland and Vicky Featherstone on their new play about antisemitism

Who Killed My Father theatre review: The personal is political for this father and son

Edouard Louis’s autobiographical book about visiting his estranged father in northern France is converted into an absolutely gripping tale of reconciliation and loss

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September 15, 2022 09:13

Who Killed My Father theatre review: The personal is political for this father and son

Silence Theatre review: Witnesses silenced by the telling of their tales

Format of stage adaptation of Kavita Puri's Partition Voices, about the casual carving up of land on religious grounds on the subcontinent, sadly imposes a repetitive and predictable pall over the material

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September 8, 2022 10:00

Silence Theatre review: Witnesses silenced by the telling of their tales

Tikkun Olam Theatre review: Who gets to remember the Shoah?

In this online production, the fight to build a Holocaust memorial next to Parliament is the subject of Dutch stage director Teunkie van der Sluijs's debut play

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September 1, 2022 14:39

Tikkun Olam Theatre review: Who gets to remember the Shoah?

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