Breathtaking New Play From London’s West End To Hit Central West Screens

Cowra Civic Centre and Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre will screen the National Theatre Live stage production Leopoldstadt by Tom Stoppard from February 12 for a strictly limited number of sessions.

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 in 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.

Cowra Civic Centre Manager, Jonathan Llewellyn said “presenting live performance on screen allows audiences access to an incredible range of theatrical experiences they simply wouldn’t get without flying to the other side of the world. Filmed in high definition with multiple cameras, the quality of the cinema experience is almost as good as being in the theatre itself. Audiences won’t be disappointed.”

Critics have awarded Leopoldstadt four and five star reviews, saying of the production “Tom Stoppard’s new masterwork is an early contender for play of the year” Evening Standard; “Breathtaking, the work of a true master” Time Out; and “Tom Stoppard delivers an unforgettable play from the heart” Telegraph.

Filmed live on stage in London’s West End, ‘Tom Stoppard’s masterpiece is magnificent’ - Independent and should not be missed.

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