Tom Stoppard's LEOPOLDSTADT returns to the West End in August 2021
Sonia Friedman Productions have announced that Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt will return to London’s Wyndhams Theatre for a limited run from 7 August-30 October 2021.
Leopoldstadt received its world premiere on 25 January 2020 but was sadly closed down on 14 March due to the lockdown, despite being originally planned to run until June. Those bookers affected by previous cancellations will be contacted shortly, with public booking opening on Friday 30 April at 10am.
At the beginning of the 20th Century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna. But Hermann Merz, a manufacturer and baptised Jew married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world. Gathered in the Merz apartment in a fashionable part of the city, Hermann’s extended family are at the heart of Tom Stoppard’s epic yet intimate drama. By the time we have taken leave of them, Austria has passed through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and – for Austrian Jews – the Holocaust in which 65,000 of them were murdered. It is for the survivors to pass on a story which hasn’t ended yet.
Directed by Patrick Marber, the production has set design by Richard Hudson, costumes by Brigitte Reiffenstuel, lighting by Neil Austin, and sound/original music by Adam Cork
Sonia Friedman said: “I am deeply relieved that after a year of immense loss and struggle for so many, including the unthinkable shutdown of our theatre industry, to announce the new dates for the return of Tom’s astonishing play to the West End. Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of enduring love and familial bonds that asks us to bear witness to our pasts, no matter how painful that may be. The audience response throughout our seven weeks of sold-out performances before the pandemic struck in March 2020 was incredibly moving and humbling to witness. Over a year later and now having won the 2020 Olivier Award for Best New Play, Leopoldstadt could not be more pertinent. I so look forward to returning to the Wyndham’s Theatre, to welcome back our very special audiences as we continue to share this epic, truly great new play.”
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