REVENGE: After the Levoyah by Nick Cassenbaum

REVENGE: After the Levoyah by Nick Cassenbaum

At their grandfather's funeral in Essex, twins Dan and Lauren meet Malcolm Spivack, a disgruntled eighty-year-old Jewish ex-gangster with a plan that's absolutely meshugge. What ensues is a ragtag Yiddishe heist to kidnap a certain leader of the Labour Party and hold him accountable for all the antisemitic ailments of the diaspora… and anything else they can think of… REVENGE: After the Levoyah is a daring satire about antisemitism, the dangers of collective hysteria, and how far a nonagenarian can throw a jar of chraine from a moving vehicle. Revenge is a dish best served pickled. Written by Nick Cassenbaum and directed by Emma Jude Harris, it was first performed at Summerhall during the 2024 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where it won a Fringe First Award and a Summerhall Lustrum Award, and transferred to The Yard Theatre, London, in 2025.

'A frenzied, hilarious treat for the imagination… absolutely masterful, a breakneck, frequently laugh-out-loud caper'

* Scotsman *

'Riotously funny… unfolds like a two-person Guy Ritchie film'

* The Stage *

'A brilliantly perceptive but brutally unforgiving show that dares to tackle pitch-black subjects with fiery humour'

* Arts Desk *

'An audacious, irreverent blast of a comedy.. an ingenious heist movie parody that's also a deft exploration of being Jewish today'

* Guardian *

'Biting and satirical, with sharp humour and a fast-paced plot... delicious'

* Reviews Hub *

'Joyful... Nick Cassenbaum's script is proper funny stuff... every 10 seconds there is another exceptional joke coming to smack you in the face'

* All That Dazzles *

'Magnificent... Nick Cassenbaum balances the ludicrous with the serious... extremely funny... truly brilliant'

* Theatre & Tonic *

'Unmissable.... A jet black Ealing comedy for the 21st century'

* Everything Theatre *

'A fearless, unfiltered fantasy... wildly successful'

* Jewish Chronicle *

'An exciting, fast-paced, incredibly funny, yet refreshingly thoughtful piece of new theatre. Nick Cassembaum's script spits and crackles with chutzpah'

* A Youngish Perspective *

Nick Cassenbaum is a theatre-maker, playwright, performer and participatory artist, whose 'unforgivingly Jewish and undeniably British' work has toured internationally.

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ISBN 13	9781839044304
ISBN 10	1839044306
Title	REVENGE: After the Levoyah
Author	Nick Cassenbaum
Series	Nhb Modern Plays
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Nick Hern Books
Year published	2025-01-23
Number of pages	72
Prizes	Winner of Edinburgh Fringe First Award 2024, Winner of Summerhall Lustrum Award 2024
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