Jews. In Their Own Words. (London)
Closed 1h 45m
Jews. In Their Own Words. (London)
83%
83%
(2 Ratings)
Positive
50%
Mixed
50%
Negative
0%
Members say
Profound, Important, Resonant, Absorbing, Flat

About the Show

Jonathan Freedland's verbatim piece interrogating antisemitism in Britain.

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Critic Reviews (9)

The Guardian (UK)
September 28th, 2022

"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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London Theatre
September 29th, 2022

"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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The Arts Desk
September 29th, 2022

"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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Time Out London
September 30th, 2022

"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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The London Evening Standard
September 29th, 2022

"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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The Times (UK)
September 28th, 2022

"The production has its rough edges all the same."
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The Telegraph (UK)
September 30th, 2022

"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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The Stage (UK)
September 30th, 2022

"Though the play feels unfocused in places, Freedland’s text is undoubtedly ambitious...It doesn’t always hang together, yet it still represents an important opportunity for meaningful engagement."
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