Leopoldstadt - Wyndham's / Cinema Screening

Life of Pi is now on sale from sept through the first week in January, so maybe Leopoldstadt will come back for a return engagement after Life of Pi?

Now taken off-sale, all performances showing as Sold Out.

Going into My Bookings on DMT, I've been moved to a date in mid-August so they're obviously shuffling it back a bit.

Looking forward to this opening. I understand its a 'big' play. Any advice on how best to prepare before watching. I can be a bit thick sometimes and if my mind 'wonders' I've had it. I've heard buying the programme and giving it a thorough going over helps. Thanks.

The programme is always a good idea with Stoppard but most of the time his plays actually teach you what you need to know in order to get the jokes and understand his ideas.  In the first scene, as the plays opens, three books are being discussed, all by Jewish writers:  Arthur Schnitzler's play La Ronde, scandalous at the time, about a series of sexual encounters (a copy of the book becomes important later); Freud's Interpretation of Dreams; Theodor Herzl's book calling for a Jewish state in Palestine.  Mahler is chief conductor of the Philharmonic and also Jewish.

With Stoppard it's also always worth buying the playtext as it's worth reading afterwards as well as seeing - and there are always little things (jokes, connections) you don't pick up first time

I loved it - it's a brilliant family drama, is on occasion very funny and is also very moving.

I can't say I found that when I saw both Arcadia and Travesties. I had to look up a bunch of references & background information after I saw each of them to understand much of what was going on.

Disagree. I think it is an important play. Tbh perhaps not his best work in terms of the sheer genius of say Arcadia but this is the play he has been leading towards all this time. It is personal and unsettling. My one piece of advice is to get the programme so that you can check the family over your interval drinking. 
There are Jews being attacked on the streets of London right now. Go see this play. 

I attended last night, having missed this during the truncated run last year.

It really is a memorable play and I'm glad I saw it. The 2 hours 20 minutes (no interval) flies by.

I don't think I picked up on everything. There are a lot of characters and links and I'm not always the best at following people as they age rapidly and change roles. But the gist of it is powerful and moving.

I was able to get a Rush ticket, which is a story in itself. Initially, they were only selling in pairs and these sold out quickly. Later in the day, some singles became available and I was able to get the fourth row of the Dress Circle, a bit off centre. I prefer Stalls, but it is a clear view from this seat. The seat and leg room are rather cramped though.

Quite a lot of German speakers in the audience. I had a pair immediately to one side and another pair behind. They laughed (quietly) at things where I didn't immediately pick up on a joke. Unfortunately, there was one other woman with a very loud laugh who thought that several of the least appropriate moments were hilarious, I don't even think it was nervous laughter which could almost be understandable.

The Stalls and Dress Circle both seemed full. The audience was generally good (apart from phone screens lighting up). Most people were wearing masks and Covid-19 passports were checked on entry.

Like others, I might be tempted back to pick up on more of the detail, although I expect the impact won't be as strong the second time around.

Bringing this back for future goers, it's very useful

Some excellent deals there certainly and you can see the dynamic pricing in effect. It looks like they are discounting on the day before and then again on the day.

It is definitely worth going and getting a decent seat at those prices (although there is obviously the risk with dynamic pricing that some dates will sell really well and so nothing will be available, or prices may actually increase).

Very average play. There is a surprising lack of artistry on show, in particular the 1938 section is something we have seen done so many times before, you could have cut it completely and the audience would have filled the gap themselves easily, it's boilerplate stuff.

Didn't really get to know a single character well, and worse, didn't particularly care to because they weren't that interesting.

Feels like this could have been written by almost anyone, save the autobiographical character tacked on at the end which doesn't really cohere with what has gone before.

Good play for Stoppard to bow out on given it was always going to get respectful notices given the subject matter and the personal element. But really not a major play and anyone wondering if they absolutely have to go and see this story told again can relax that they wouldn't be missing anything profound.

Couldn’t agree more. If someone else had written this it would sink without a trace. A real waste of money all round. Kind of amazed they’ve bothered remounting it with the huge costs involved.