WILL STONE fact-checks the colourful life of Ozzy Osbourne
The Rubenstein Kiss, Southwark Playhouse, London
Thought-provoking drama on the Rosenbergs, executed in 1953 as ‘Soviet spies’ in the US
Fatal Attraction: Ruby Bentall (Esther Rubenstein) and Henry Proffit (Jakob Rubenstein)
[Scott Rylander] 
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
JAMES PHILLIPS’S play is the story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who perished on the electric chair for allegedly passing atomic warfare secrets to the Soviet Union.
While the names have been changed and there is some dramatic licence, essentially it’s the authentic history.
The central focus is the American-Jewish couple Esther and Jakob Rubenstein, devoted soulmates with a passion for communism, while Esther’s brother David and his soon-to-be-wife Rachel also shape the drama.
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