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‘How being Jewish helps me play the Wicked Witch of the West’

Actor Emma Kingston on why she is relishing playing Elphaba in West End smash Wicked

By Nicole Lampert

4 min read

May 1, 2025 14:48

Bewitching: Emma Kingston (left) and on stage as Elphaba at the Apollo Victoria Theatre in the West End

Antisemitism

Meet the non-Jewish Brits who stand shoulder to shoulder with us

Since October 7 many in the community have felt abandoned by wider British society, but also we have some steadfast and very vocal allies

By Lianne Kolirin

12 min read

May 1, 2025 14:26

Meet the non-Jewish Brits who stand shoulder to shoulder with us

Brazil

Motel Destino review: ‘sordid thrills in Brazil’

An unflinchingly seedy thriller set under a bleaching sun

By John Nathan

1 min read

April 30, 2025 16:38

Love hotel: Nataly Rocha and Iago Xavier

Dying for Sex review: ‘will make you laugh and cry’

This show about one woman’s libidinous adventures following a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer is at once tragic, hilarious, raunchy and moving

By Eliana Jordan

3 min read

April 30, 2025 15:04

Til death us do part: Michelle Williams as Molly and Jenny Slate as Nikki in Dying for Sex (Photo: Sarah Shatz/FX)

Theatre

My play about being young, gay and strictly Orthodox

A formerly frum writer on how he hopes his ex-community will watch his new work

By John Nathan

5 min read

April 30, 2025 14:18

Leap of faith: Clara Francis, Ilan Galkoff and Ben Caplan. Inset: Shimmy Braun (Photos: Michael Wharley, Ryan Howard)

Theatre

Dealer’s Choice review: ‘male inadequacies laid bare’

Set around a poker table, this play anchors on a painful father-son relationship and shows that the stake are always higher than the amount of cash on the table

By John Nathan

1 min read

April 29, 2025 16:27

Deal or no deal: Brendan Coyle and Kasper Hilton-Hille in Dealer's Choice

Editor’s picks

The therapy teaching October 7 survivors to ride the crest of a wave – and find happiness again

‘How being Jewish helps me play the Wicked Witch of the West’

Meet the non-Jewish Brits who stand shoulder to shoulder with us

Emily Damari is one of our own – Spurs should roll out the red carpet for her

My play about being young, gay and strictly Orthodox

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Latest from Life

‘How being Jewish helps me play the Wicked Witch of the West’

Meet the non-Jewish Brits who stand shoulder to shoulder with us

Motel Destino review: ‘sordid thrills in Brazil’

Dying for Sex review: ‘will make you laugh and cry’

My play about being young, gay and strictly Orthodox

Dealer’s Choice review: ‘male inadequacies laid bare’