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Review: THE HOLY ROSENBERGS, Menier Chocolate Factory

by Franco Milazzo — Mar 9, 2026

At the Menier Chocolate Factory, the revival of Ryan Craig’s The Holy Rosenbergs arrives with the weight of history attached to it. When it first appeared at the National Theatre’s Cottesloe Theatre in 2011, it was a sharp entry into a conversation about Jewish identity, family loyalty and modern political fracture. Fifteen years on, the conversation has become rather crowded.

Photos: Menier Chocolate Factory’s Revival Of THE HOLY ROSENBERGS

by A.A. Cristi — Mar 4, 2026

The Menier Chocolate Factory has released production photos from its revival of THE HOLY ROSENBERGS by Ryan Craig, directed by Lindsay Posner. The production began previews February 27 and opened March 9, and will run through May 2 at the London venue.

Jewish Literary Foundation Launches Inaugural Playwrights Programme

by Stephi Wild — Oct 16, 2025

The Jewish Literary Foundation has launched its new Jewish Playwrights Programme, supporting emerging playwrights through the process of developing a full-length play, and helping to foster a strong presence of Jewish culture within the UK theatre industry.  

JW3 To Present A Celebration of Bernard Kops In February

by A.A. Cristi — Jan 17, 2025

A year after his death, JW3 is celebrating the extraordinary life and works of the vital Jewish voice of Bernard Kops on Sunday 16 February at 7.30pm.The evening will include extracts from his fantastical and surreal poems and stage plays including his defining The Hamlet of Stepney Green.

JW3 Will Celebrate Bernard Kops Next Month

by Stephi Wild — Jan 17, 2025

A year after his death, JW3 is celebrating the extraordinary life and works of the vital Jewish voice of  Bernard Kops next month. Learn more about the upcoming event here.

Review: THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 1936, Trafalgar Theatre

by Cindy Marcolina — Jan 10, 2025

Oswald Mosley’s Blackshirts are getting a foothold in London’s East End. Shylock, here a single parent, requests a pound of flesh from Antonio, part of Mosley’s aficionados, in order to clear his debts. The demands of the Jewish moneylender who’s endlessly abused in public by the same people who require her services immediately gain further nuance in Brigid Larmour and Tracy-Ann Oberman.

Interview: 'I've Always Hated the Play': Tracy-Ann Oberman on Antisemitism, Changing Attitudes and Adapting THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 1936

by Kat Mokrynski — Nov 29, 2024

After a successful run at the Criterion Theatre earlier this year, The Merchant of Venice 1936, an adaptation of Shakespeare’s work by Brigid Larmour and Tracy-Ann Oberman, with Oberman starring as a female version of the Jewish moneylender, Shylock. Larmour and Oberman have moved the setting to London in the 1930s, when fascism was on the rise with Oswald Mosley and his Blackshirts, culminating in the Battle of Cable Street on 4 October 1936.

Tracy-Ann Oberman Will Join THE MERCHANT OF VENICE 1936 in the West End

by Stephi Wild — Nov 4, 2024

Tracy-Ann Oberman is joined by acclaimed actor Joseph Millson in the critically acclaimed production of The Merchant of Venice 1936, for its strictly limited West End season at the Trafalgar Theatre (28 December – 25 January) and subsequent UK tour in 2025. 

Marueen Lipman Will Lead New Play Reading at JW3

by Stephi Wild — Sep 23, 2024

JW3 has announced Maureen Lipman for the exclusive first public play reading of Trudy Zeller Lives Here by Allan Leas and directed by Joe Harmston on Sunday 29 September 2024 at 7.30pm.