Poppy Shulman

Jan 30, 2025 | jewishnews.co.uk | Poppy Shulman |Louisa Walters

It’s fair to say that most people know when the Second World War started, but perhaps not so many are aware of the events that actually started the war. Canned Goods is a true story, set in 1939, about a little known, but pivotal moment, in history when Hitler devised a plan to justify the Nazi invasion of Poland. Three men are arrested and imprisoned by the Nazis. A Jewish teacher, a Roman Catholic farmer, and a German janitor, all of whom seem to have nothing in common.

Jan 30, 2025 | jewishnews.co.uk | Poppy Shulman |Louisa Walters

Theatre lovers who missed out on seeing the hugely popular What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank are in for a treat, because the play has returned to the Marylebone Theatre. Playing for a strictly limited new run following a host of accolades and four and five star reviews.

Dec 6, 2024 | jewishnews.co.uk | Poppy Shulman |Louisa Walters

Some good news for UK’s Jewish creatives this week, as they reel from hearing that a major Jewish donor to the arts has resigned her positions because of ‘the alarming rise of antisemitism’ and the ‘tacit normalisation of hate’, and that the Tate gallery is being urged by its latest Turner Prize winner, and hundreds of others, to remove art purchased by Jewish- not Israeli- donors.

Dec 6, 2024 | jewishnews.co.uk | Poppy Shulman |Louisa Walters

To successfully write a Holocaust themed play can be a huge challenge for even the most gifted playwright. How does one put into words the tragedy of one of the most horrific episodes in history? But South African-born Jewish playwright and director Geoff Williams accomplishes this in The Grey Zone telling the tale through the eyes of Jewish Holocaust survivor Primo Levi, who is trying to write one last story.

Oct 31, 2024 | jewishnews.co.uk | Poppy Shulman |Louisa Walters

Now in its fourth year, Tsitsit – the Jewish Fringe Festival – has an important role to play. Not only is it an essential platform to stage the work of Jewish performers, it is also a much-needed lifeline to support Jewish creatives. But it almost didn’t happen. Founder and director Alastair Falk explains: “When the tragic events of 7 October happened last year, we thought long and hard about whether we should cancel the 2023 festival.