Jews. In Their Own Words. (London) London Reviews and Tickets
Member Reviews (1)
See it if No ifs. It's an important play to see for anyone who wants to understand how much antisemitism there is around and how it affects people.
Don't see it if all you're not open to learning something new and are just going to moan that you had to spend the evening hearing about problems Jews face. Read more
Critic Reviews (9)
"It’s a worthy play, entertaining, angering, heartfelt, well-performed and far less partisan than one might have thought from its initial billing. "
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"It’s salutary to watch, but I kept wondering who the show is for...Jews and philosemites will already know the substance if not the letter of everything it describes."
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"This feels like a play that is being given a rare chance to air its urgent and desperately important issues, making it feverish to cover all the ground in the time it has been afforded."
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"The production has its rough edges all the same."
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"You exit the playhouse shaken by a reminder of the hatred that continues as ever to do harm alongside the nagging feeling that this play itself may act as a salve to the Court’s collective conscious while wondering what effect it will have on society at large."
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" 'Jews. In Their Own Words' will get a whole lot more people talking."
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"If you accept the documentary verbatim style, and don’t mind the lack of any real drama, this is an intelligently crafted and committed piece of political theatre that tackles an issue too often swept under the carpet."
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"Hats off to the Royal Court for this theatrical act of mea culpa even if the intent is more admirable than the execution."
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