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Ay Up, Hitler! ★★★★

Ay Up, Hitler! ★★★★

At the bongs of Big Ben we hear a news reporter telling us that Hitler is dead. But “you shouldn't believe everything you hear on the radio. Ay up!” In the depths of rural Yorkshire, hides four very naughty boys – The Nazi Boys – Goebbels (Marcus Churchill), Himmler (Michael…

Simon Brodkin: Xavier ★★★★★

Simon Brodkin: Xavier ★★★★★

Character comic and original prankster Simon Brodkin is probably best known for playing cheeky chappy Lee Nelson, handing Theresa May her P45 and for dumping golf balls adorned with swastikas in front of Donald Trump to highlight his racist views. But he's also an exceptional…

In conversation: Jeremy Sassoon

In conversation: Jeremy Sassoon

As Jeremy Sassoon undertakes a run of his show MOJO: Musicians of Jewish Origin at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, we caught up with the British Jewish singer and pianist to find out what music offers that psychiatry doesn’t, his worst and best performances and what’s next for the…

Kafka and Son ★★★★★

Kafka and Son ★★★★★

Based on Franz Kafka’s famous Letter to His Father, award-winning Canadian director and producer Alon Nashman turns in a deeply moving and credible interpretation of the Czech writer's turbulent relationship with his father Hermann. The sparse set, featuring hundreds of black…

Ivor Dembina: Old Jewish Jokes ★★★★

Ivor Dembina: Old Jewish Jokes ★★★★

Thirty years ago I saw Ivor Dembina walk onto a stage in north London and announce to an unsuspecting crowd: “Right, let’s have the Hatikvah” (a 19th-century Jewish poem and Israel's national anthem). It was an early sign of the path he was looking to tread. One of my favourite…