Theatre, Film

Esplanade Presents National Theatre Live - Leopoldstadt (Screening)

Organised by: Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay
  • Date:
    22 - 23 Apr 2022
  • Time:
    8:00pm
  • Duration:
    2h 20min
  • Venue:
    Esplanade Theatre
  • Language:
    English
  • Admission:
    $28, $24
    Esplanade&Me Specials available
  • Advisory:
    PG13 (Some sexual references)

Synopsis:

Regarded as "Britain's greatest living playwright" (Times), Tony and Academy Award-winner Tom Stoppard's critically acclaimed new play Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of love, family and endurance.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Leopoldstadt was the old, crowded Jewish quarter of Vienna, Austria. But Hermann Merz, a factory owner and baptised Jew now married to Catholic Gretl, has moved up in the world.

We follow his family's story across half a century, passing through the convulsions of war, revolution, impoverishment, annexation by Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. A company of 40 actors represent each generation of the family in this epic but intimate play.

Filmed live on stage in London's West End, this masterpiece should not be missed.