Overview

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.

Genres

Cast

Aidan McArdle

Hermann

Rhys Bailey

Young Nathan

Sebastian Armesto

Arty Froushan

Leo

Wesley Holloway

Young Leo

Joshua Satine

Jacob

Mace Phoenix

Young Leo

Aaron Neil

Eleanor Wyld

Edie Newman