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The playwright who puts his Jewishness centre stage

Nick Cassenbaum’s Jewish revenge fantasy about Corbyn has been seen as ‘too Jewish’ by theatres, but he continues to do his shtick

By John Nathan

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Gemma Barnett and Dylan Corbett-Bader in Revenge: After the Levoyah Photo: Alex Brenner

Genius unplugged: Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan Photo by Macall Polay, courtesy of Searchlight Pictures

A Complete Unknown review: ‘Timothée Chalamet does Bob Dylan justice’

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Twice the win: Gemma Barnett and Dylan Corbett-Bader play twins Lauren and Don Photo: Alex Brenner

After the Lavoyah review: ‘Corbyn revenge fantasy with shades of Berkoff’

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Generation game: Nicole Kidman as Romy and Harris Dickenson as Samuel in Babygirl

Babygirl review: ‘follow your heart’s desire’

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How A Real Pain took Jesse Eisenberg on a road trip to his psyche’s ‘ground zero’

Hollywood star Jesse Eisenberg tells John Nathan about what compelled him to make a movie that took him to the very house in eastern Poland where his great aunt had lived before the Nazi death squads arrived – and to the gas chambers at Majdanek concentration camp

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December 31, 2024 10:37

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 12: (EXCLUSIVE ACCESS) Jesse Eisenberg attends the BFI presents "A Real Pain" preview and Q&A at BFI Southbank on December 12, 2024 in London, England. (Photo by Joe Maher/Getty Images for BFI)

Nosferatu review: Drips with gothic horror and launches Lily-Rose Depp

American director Robert Eggers’ film takes inspiration from F.W. Murnau’s silent 1922 version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula

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December 31, 2024 09:56

'Jump scares abound': Lily-Rose Depp and Emma Corrin in Nosferatu (Photo: Focus Features)

2024 in review: theatre

This year Patrick Marber directed The Producers, Nachtland and What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank. Were there a Theatre Practitioner of the Year award, it would have his name on it

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December 26, 2024 20:43

2024 in review: film

The year’s cinematic wonders include a movie about the last Jews in a Paris suburb and the best double act to grace the silver screen

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December 24, 2024 16:39

Goldie Frocks and Bear Mitzvah review: ‘this homage to the shmatte trade needs a slight trim’

This kosher show does to the fairy tale what Yiddish theatre once did to the classics, but it is, what is called in both theatre and and tailoring circles, a bit baggy

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December 18, 2024 12:36

Panto pandemonium: Ian Sackville's magician Morris (with a copy of this newspaper) Credit: Eamon B Shanahan

The Producers review: ‘an edgy revival with a heimishe soul’

In this terrific show, Andy Nyman plays a sweeter version of Mel Brooks’s greatest creation Max Bialystock

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December 18, 2024 12:13

The Producers review: ‘an edgy revival with a heimishe soul’

Rumours review: Cate Blanchett and Charles Dance in G7 satire

World leaders take on zombies and a giant brain in this genre-defying film

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December 11, 2024 17:44

World leaders gather: Cate Blanchett (centre) and Charles Dance (left)

Ballet Shoes review: ‘everything a family show should be’

The first major stage adaptation of Noel Streatfeild’s children’s classic is superb

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December 11, 2024 17:34

Sisters in arms: Yanexi Enriquez (left), Grace Saif (centre) and Daisy Saquerra Photo: Manuel Harlan

‘I’ve entered the Jewish stage of my career’

Until he played a Chasidic Jew in What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank this year, Simon Yadoo, 45, had never had a Jewish role. Now he’s treading the boards in the Jewish panto Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah too

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December 10, 2024 15:35

Wicked: Simon Yadoo as the villain Calvin Brine in Jewish panto Goldie Frocks and the Bear Mitzvah at JW3 Photo: Eamonn B Shanahan

Nightbitch review: ‘it’s a film for mums’

Bullied by a two-year-old’s tears, a woman’s fire extinguished in a pool of wee-wee and need, there is a kind of catharsis in this tale about the spirit-sapping reality of bringing up children

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December 5, 2024 14:12

Catharsis: Scoot McMairy and Amy Adams in Nightbitch

The Devil Wears Prada review: ‘style over substance’

The outfits might be amazing, but this devil is wearing the emperor’s clothes

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December 3, 2024 17:31

The cast of the Devils Wears Prada Photo: Matt Rockett

The Happiest Man On Earth review: ‘epic yet intimate’

Performed with zest and humility, this one-man play shows the world what the world genocide actually means

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November 27, 2024 17:04

Kenneth Tigar plays Eddie Jaku in The Happiest Man On Earth Photo: Daniel Rader

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