Sitting together with 300 people in Radlett Centre last week, one could be forgiven for imagining that we were in shul, even though it was clearly a theatre.
A jovial air hung around  a room full of happy and excited people, clearly waiting in anticipation of a night full of jokes on the length of a rabbi’s sermons and Jewish v Goyish puns. True to form, in his unique style, Ashley didn’t disappoint.
The audience were taken on a whirlwind tour across the spectre of British Jewry, from our finest hours to our darkest moments.
Ashley spent the show recreating Mount Sinai with a new version of the 10 Commandments, with new halachot including Shabbat UK being turned into a mandatory yom tov. Topics ranged from how double yellow lines to a Jew mean park whenever you want, to the fact that sushi has become such a popular staple diet for Jews, it will soon become mandatory to serve at shivah houses.
Rina from Radlet remarked: “How wonderful it is that we can laugh at ourselves.” Rabbi Alan Garber of Shenley Synagogue thought it was “ a great night out, with much more laughter than I initially expected,” while Paul from Mill Hill said that Ashley was “very entertaining”.