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Theatre review: Force Majeure

This drama misses the chance to dig deep

By John Nathan

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Theatre review: Folk

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‘It’s a disaster’: theatre giants draw battle lines over ‘Jewface’

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The year that theatre came back

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Theatre review: Best of Enemies

Everyone should see this piece of political theatre, says John Nathan

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December 22, 2021 11:52

Theatre review: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

This Kit Cat Cabaret breaks the mould

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December 16, 2021 17:55

Theatre review: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Theatre review: The Book of Dust, La Belle Sauvage

Philip Pullman's book is brought to the stage in an astonishing act of story-telling

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December 10, 2021 11:31

Theatre review: The Book of Dust, La Belle Sauvage

Sir Antony Sher: Brave, generous and supremely talented

The JC's theatre critic John Nathan pays tribute to 'one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of his or any generation'

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December 4, 2021 18:19

Sir Antony Sher: Brave, generous and supremely talented

Theatre review: The Comedy of Errors

Was it worth reviving this comedy? Alas, not

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December 3, 2021 09:55

Stephen Sondheim: an unfathomable talent and a titan of human creativity

The composer and lyricist was matchless in his invention and peerless in his field

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November 27, 2021 13:14

Stephen Sondheim: an unfathomable talent and a titan of human creativity

Theatre review: The Wife of Willesden

John Nathan loves Zadie Smith's up-dated version of a Canterbury Tale

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November 25, 2021 12:13

Theatre review: Rare Earth Mettle

A storm of protest over antisemitism caused a last minute name change for a billionaire character. But how was the play itself?

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November 21, 2021 08:01

Theatre review: The Ocean at the End  of the Lane

A thrilling adaptation comes to the West End at last

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November 21, 2021 07:34

Theatre review: The Ocean at the End  of the Lane

How could the Royal Court not spot this trope?

No one at the theatre who read the play Rare Earth Mettle flagged the name ‘Hershel Fink’

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November 11, 2021 10:34

How could the Royal Court not spot this trope?

Cancellation is not correct

'Theatre exists in part to convey argument. And yet this theatre is apparently in the grip of those who punish anyone who does not conform to their opinion.'

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November 4, 2021 06:57

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 13: Terry Gilliam attends "The Irishman" International Premiere and Closing Gala during the 63rd BFI London Film Festival at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on October 13, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Lia Toby/Getty Images for BFI)

Death of a Peacemaker

A new play revisits the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin

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October 28, 2021 15:19

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Latest from John Nathan

Theatre review: Force Majeure

Theatre review: Folk

‘It’s a disaster’: theatre giants draw battle lines over ‘Jewface’

The year that theatre came back

More from John Nathan

Theatre review: Best of Enemies

Theatre review: Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club

Theatre review: The Book of Dust, La Belle Sauvage

Sir Antony Sher: Brave, generous and supremely talented

Theatre review: The Comedy of Errors

Stephen Sondheim: an unfathomable talent and a titan of human creativity

Theatre review: The Wife of Willesden

Theatre review: Rare Earth Mettle

Theatre review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane

How could the Royal Court not spot this trope?

Cancellation is not correct

Death of a Peacemaker

Theatre review: The Ocean at the End  of the Lane