Existential troubles pile up on a London Jewish family in Ryan Craig’s depressingly relevant but contrived play from 2011, where the moral conundrums of the Gaza conflict spill and sprawl into a naff Edgware living room. On one level David and Lesley Rosenberg (Nicholas Woodeson and Tracy-Ann Oberman) are a sitcom-funny, kvetching suburban couple but they are also preparing for the funeral of their son Danny, a pilot with the Israel Defense Forces, killed in the first Gaza War.
Worse, their daughter Ruth (Dorothea Myer-Bennett) is a UN lawyer investigating war crimes in the conflict, possibly but improbably including those committed by Danny. Elements of the local community therefore regard her as a traitor, further endangering the family’s kosher catering business, already damaged by the widespread belief they poisoned a customer. Oh, and their third child Jonny (Nitai Levi) is a prodigal screwup prone to substance abuse and pub fights.
