CULTURE
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The Most Precious of Cargoes ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
Yet the morose woodcutter, initially just a figure of unreflective, almost brutish physical strength, comes to realise that “The Heartless…
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House of Games ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
We find ourselves witness to two key locations, artfully portrayed via a split-level set concocted by Ashley Martin-Davis: the dimly…
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Here We Are ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
Stephen Sondheim bids a dreamlike farewell in this colourful posthumous musical Are the couple sweeping the stage part of the…
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Faygele ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
Playwright Shimmy Braun’s bold title, Faygele, provides apt explanation of the young protagonist’s plight and motivation. Translated from Yiddish, ‘faygele’…
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Riefenstahl ★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
This new documentary on the filmmaker is the work of German director Andreas Veiel. He was given access to Riefenstahl’s…
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Play about a UK Jewish WWII deportee performed in Guernsey for first time — Jewish Renaissance
Theresa has previously toured the UK, France and Germany, and it even aired on BBC Radio under the title The…
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Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors ★★★★
Bad puns, fab comedy! Or it is in the case of this Broadway hit making its British debut I’ve always…
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The Musical ★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
I originally saw the play on which this musical is based in 2022 at the Brundibár Arts Festival in Newcastle,…
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Lili Ország: Wanderings / Bolyongások
An impressive retrospective of the Hungarian modernist artist in suitably stunning surrounds Lili Ország (1926-1978) was a highly intellectual modernist…
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Farewell Mister Haffmann ★★★★★ — Jewish Renaissance
A drama that keeps you on the edge of your seat and not just because there are Nazis invited to…
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