
Tracy-Ann Oberman (Friday Night Dinner, Eastenders) stars in this timely and incredibly pertinent revival of Ryan Craig’s The Holy Rosenbergs. Playing at the Menier Chocolate Factory for a strictly limited run, book your official tickets today.
The Rosenbergs of Edgware are a North London Jewish family pushed to breaking point as personal, political, and moral pressures collide. David is fighting to keep his struggling business afloat, while his wife Lesley struggles to hold together a marriage that’s unraveling under the strain.
Meanwhile, their daughter Ruth finds herself at the centre of public outrage after investigating alleged war crimes in Gaza for the United Nations - forcing the family to confront uncomfortable questions about loyalty, identity, and responsibility. As reputations falter and convictions are tested, The Holy Rosenbergs asks whether survival means compromise - and what it really costs to stand by your beliefs.

Out of the gates this week come two shows: The Holy Rosenbergs at the Menier and Maria and Rosetta at @sohoplace. Both arrive tried and tested. Ryan Craig’s The Holy Rosenbergs was first seen at the NT in 2011 and tells of David, an Edgware Jewish patriarch whose life is unravelling. His successful catering business is on the brink of disaster after a scandal, his son is dead, fighting for the UDF in Gaza, and his daughter is a human rights lawyer investigating war crimes in Gaza, much to the disquiet of the local Jewish community. So, while The Holy Rosenbergs is 15 years old, it certainly should be topical, and Craig’s play harks back to the Arthur Miller tradition of playwriting with nods both to All My Sons and Death of a Salesman.
George Brant’s Marie and Rosetta was seen at the Rose Theatre in Kingston last spring and now roars into @sohoplace with Beverley Knight playing Sister Rosetta Tharpe, known as “the godmother of rock ‘n’ roll", and Ntombizodwa Ndlovu as Marie Knight, who Rosetta persuades to join her on a tour in the segregated states. The musical chemistry between the two is electrifying, and the singing should blow the roof off the theatre.
23 Feb, 2026 | By Lyn Gardner