Additional cast member information for Leopoldstadt

Posted on (Updated on 28 Oct 2019)
**Tom Stoppard**'s personal play and first Jewish work [***Leopoldstadt***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/play/4201/leopoldstadt-tickets.aspx) is set to head to the [**West End's Wyndham's Theatre**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/venue/27/wyndhams-theatre.aspx) **on 25 January 2020**. The highly anticipated new piece has also [**recently extended**](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/cast-and-creatives-announced-for-leopoldstadt-at-wyndhams-theatre) and is now **booking until 13 June 2020** with tickets on sale now **from just £18**. Check out additional information on the [**cast members of *Leopoldsadt***](https://www.londontheatredirect.com/news/cast-and-creatives-announced-for-leopoldstadt-at-wyndhams-theatre) below, including prior stage credits and more, and be sure to browse through the newly released cast headshots in the gallery.
### Additional information and acting credits for West End *Leopoldstadt* cast members **Aaron Neil**’s theatre credits include *Great Britain, 50 Years on Stage, England People Very Nice* and *Playing with Fire* all for the National Theatre, *Cymbeline* and *As You Like It* both for the Royal Shakespeare Company, *The Unthinkable* at Sheffield Crucible and *Hamlet* and *Twelfth Night* at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. His film and television credits include *The Hustle, Home Series 1* and *2, Tolkien, Paddington 2, The Lady in the Van, Black Hawk Down, Tracey Breaks the News, Peaky Blinders* and *Doctor Who.* **Adrian Scarborough **was last on stage in *The Madness of King George III* at the Nottingham Playhouse. He has previously been directed by Patrick Marber in *Don Juan in Soho* at Wyndham’s Theatre and *Exit The King* for the National Theatre. His many other National Theatre credits include the Fool in *King Lear* as well as leading roles in *After The Dance *(for which he received an Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor)*, The Habit of Art, Time and the Conways* and *Henry IV Parts 1 & II*. More recent theatre credits include *Hedda Gabler* at The Old Vic and *Betty Blue Eyes* at the Novello Theatre. His film and television credits include *The Accident, Sanditon, Killing Eve, Plebs, A Very English Scandal, Little Women, Mrs Biggs, Miranda *and *Gavin and Stacey.* **Alexander Newland**'s theatre credits include *The Grapes of Wrath* for Leeds Playhouse, *Five Blue Haired Ladies on a Green Park Bench* for the Lincoln Theatre Royal, *The Last Valentine* for the Almeida Theatre and *Hansel and Gretel* for Theatre Royal Stratford East.  His film and television credits include *Exit to Stage, Beyond the Rave, Incomplete, Park, Coronation Street, Casualty, EastEnders, Silent Witness, Wire in the Blood* and *Cracker.* **Alexis Zegerman**’s theatre credits include Mike Leigh’s *Two Thousand Years* and *Travelling Light* at the National Theatre.  Her other theatre credits include *Chicken Soup with Barley* and *Seven Jewish Children* at the Royal Court.  Her film and television credits include *Happy Go Lucky *for which she won a British Independent Film Award and Critics' Circle nomination*, Disobedience, Sixteen, Southcliffe* and* Strange*. She is also a writer for theatre, TV and film. **Caroline Gruber**'s theatre credits include *The Machine Stops *and *Abandonment *for York Theatre Royal, *2000 Years *for the National Theatre, *Six Degrees of Separation *for the Royal Exchange Theatre, *Love Me Slender* for the New Victoria Theatre, Stoke, *What Every Woman Knows *for the Watermill Theatre, Newbury,  *Nice Dorothy, The Artifice, The Dutch Courtesan, Cat with Green Violin *and* Play With Repeats *all for the Orange Tree Theatre, *The Corn is Green *at Greenwich Theatre, *Steaming* at the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry and *Milk and Honey *for the Library Theatre.  Her film and television credits include *Disobedience, Too Many Gods, Break Point, Einstein and Eddington, Stick With Me Kid, Bottom, TV Squash, Sorrel and Son* and* Grange Hill.* **Clara Francis **was last on stage at Watford Palace Theatre in *Broken Glass*.  Her other theatre credits include *Fear and Misery of the Third Reich *at the Unicorn Theatre, *Party Time* and *Titus Andronicus* for Battersea Arts Centre, *A View from the Bridge* and *Angels in America* for Sheffield Crucible and *Blood Wedding *and *The Crucible* for the Young Vic.  Her film and television credits include *Disobedience, Under The Skin* and *Bella and the Boys*. **Dorothea Myer-Bennett**’s theatre credits include *Much Ado About Nothing*, *As You Like It* and *Arcadia* for the Tobacco Factory, *While The Sun Shines,* *The Lottery of Love* and *The Philanderer* all for the Orange Tree Theatre, *Creditors* and *Miss Julie* for the Jermyn Street Theatre, *Rosenbaum’s Rescue* for the Park Theatre, *Holy Shit* at the Kiln Theatre, *The Winslow Boy *for Chichester Festival Theatre and *Pericles* and *The Merchant of Venice* at the Globe Theatre. Her film and television credits include *The Honourable Rebel, The Payback, The Orchard *and* Holby City.* **Ed Stoppard **was last on stage in *The Leisure Society* at the Trafalgar Studios.  His previous theatre credits include *Arcadia* at the Duke of York’s Theatre, *The Glass Menagerie* at the Apollo Theatre, *Hamlet *for Oxford Stage Company, *Wit* at the Vaudeville Theatre and *The Merchant of Venice* and *The Seagull* for Chichester Festival Theatre. His film and television credits include* Judy, Brave New World, Nanny McPhee Returns, Brideshead Revisited, The Pianist, Knightfall Series 1 *and* 2, Brave New World, Trackers, The Frankenstein Chronicles, Genius, The Crown, Cilla, Upstairs Downstairs, Mandela The Prison Years* and *Codebreaker.* **Eleanor Wyld** was last on stage in *Don Quixote* for the Royal Shakespeare Company where her credits also include *Hamlet*, *The Alchemist* and *Doctor Faustus*.  Her other theatre credits include *Don Juan in Soho*, directed by Patrick Marber, *Visitors* for the Bush Theatre and *Dances of Death* at the Gate Theatre. Her film and television credits include *January 22nd*, *Trigonometry*, *Thirteen* and *Lovesick.* **Griffin Stevens** was last seen on stage in *A Skull in Connemara* at the Oldham Coliseum. His previous theatre credits include *Inkheart *and *Romeo and Juliet *both at Home Theatre, *Deathtrap *at the Theatre Royal Bury St. Edmunds, *Blood, Fish and Bones *for Old Vic New Voices, *Jack and the Beanstalk *at the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse, *Clearance* at the Southwark Playhouse, *Jersey Boys *at the Prince Edward Theatre and *In the Ring *for the Battersea Arts Centre. His film and television credits include *Molly, Dark Channel, Absentia, Burning Men, The Split, The Circle, Brimstone, *and *Glue.* **llan Galkoff’**s theatre credits include *Chess* at the London Coliseum, *The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 and 3/4 – The Musical* at the Menier Chocolate Factory, *The Braille Legacy* at the Charing Cross Theatre, *The Nose* for the Royal Opera House, *Welcome Home, Captain Fox!* at the Donmar Warehouse, *Elf* at the Dominion Theatre, *Bumblescratch* at the Adelphi Theatre, *Oresteia* at the Almeida Theatre and Trafalgar Studios, *I Can’t Sing!* at the London Palladium, *Matilda* at the Cambridge Theatre, *Les Misérables* at the Queen’s Theatre and the UK tour *of Oliver!.*  His television credits include *Good Omens, Hilda, Sofia The First, Wizard vs Aliens* and *Grandpa in my Pocket*. **Jake Neads**, who trained at the Oxford School of Drama, will make his professional stage debut in *Leopoldstadt.  *His television credits include *Boys, Doctors* and *Othello*. **Jenna Augen**’s theatre credits include *Bartholomew Fair* at Shakespeare’s Globe, *The Comedy About a Bank Robbery* at the Criterion Theatre, *The Knowledge *at the Charing Cross Theatre, *Bad Jews* at the Arts Theatre for which she won the UK Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance in Theatre, *The Way of the World* for Chichester Festival Theatre, Rufus Norris’* Sleeping Beauty* for the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and *Chicken Soup with Barley* for the Royal Court. Her television credits include *Episodes *and *The Night Watch.* **Joe Coen**'s theatre credits include *The Sweet Science of Bruising *at the Southwark Playhouse, *A Dark Night in Dalston *at the Park Theatre, *The Mighty Walzer *and *Edward II *at the Royal Exchange Theatre, *The Rubenstein Kiss *at the Nottingham Playhouse, *Bad Jews *at the Ustinov Studio Bath, St James Theatre and the Arts Theatre West End and *Birdsong *at the Comedy Theatre. His film and television credits include *Son of God, Plebs, Da Vinci’s Demons *and *The Bible**.* **Luke Thallon **was last on stage in *Present Laughter* at The Old Vic. His other theatre credits include *Family Voices *and *The Room* both for the Pinter at the Pinter Season directed by Patrick Marber, *Cock* for Chichester Festival Theatre, *The Inheritance* at the Young Vic, *Albion* at the Almeida Theatre for which he was nominated for the Evening Standard Emerging Talent Award and *Bent* for the National Theatre.  His film credit is *The Favourite*.  Thallon trained at Guildhall where he was awarded the 2017 Michael Bryant Award and the 2016 Laurence Olivier Bursary Prize. **Mark Edel-Hunt**’s theatre credits includes *City of Glass *at the Lyric Hammersmith, *Adler and Gibb *for the Royal Court, *Red Velvet *at the Garrick Theatre, *When We Were Women* at the Orange Tree Theatre,* Northern Star* at the Finborough Theatre, *Chariots of Fire* at Hampstead Theatre and the Gielgud Theatre, *The Importance of Being Earnest *at the Rose Theatre Kingston, *The Syndicate* at Chichester Festival Theatre, *The Importance of Being Earnest *at the New Wolsey Theatre, *Bronte *for Shared Experience at the Watermill Theatre,* See How They Run* at the Royal Exchange Theatre and *Swimming With Sharks *at the Vaudeville Theatre. His film and television credits include *Against the Law, The White Princess, Episodes, Brideshead Revisited, Call the Midwife,* *Jonathan Strange* and *Mr Norrell *and *Mistresses*. **Natalie Law**’s theatre credits include the UK Tour of *The Lady Vanishes*, *Exit the King* for the National Theatre, *Ink* at the Duke of York’s Theatre, *Murder Ballad* at the Arts Theatre, *The Wild Wind* for St James Theatre and Hightide Festival, the UK Tour of *Beautiful Thing* also at Leicester Curve, *The Spitfire Grill *for the Union Theatre for which she was the recipient of the 2015 Craig Dodd Prize for Best Actress, *Earthquakes in London *at the Broadway Theatre Catford and *Leviathan* at the Arcola Theatre. Natalie Law also sings with pop/rock band *John Landau and the Giants.* **Noof McEwan** was last seen on stage in *Buggy Baby *at the Yard Theatre. His theatre credits include *Wildefire *at Hampstead Theatre, *Richard III *at the Cockpit Theatre and *A Midsummer Night’s Dream *at the Almeida Theatre. His film and television credits include *Teen Spirit, Entebbe, The Mummy, Leave to Remain, Guilt, The Cure, Trust Me (series 2), Hanna, Love, Lies & Records *and* Vera.* **Rhys Bailey **is making his West End debut in *Leopoldstadt*. His previous theatre credits include the UK concert performance of *Doctor Zhivago *and *Main Men of Musicals *both at Cadogan Hall. His television credits include *Brave New World*. **Sam Hoare**'s theatre credits include *Relative Values *at the Harold Pinter Theatre and *Breakfast at Tiffany’s *at the Theatre Royal Haymarket.  His film and television credits include *Carnival Row, Pennyworth, Traitors, The Mercy, Knightfall, McMafia, Legend *and *Outlander.* **Sebastian Armesto** was last on stage as Edgar in *King Lear* at Chichester Festival Theatre where he was previously seen in *Wallenstein*. His other theatre credits include *Damned by Despair, A Woman Killed with Kindness* and *Rocket to the Moon* all for the National Theatre and *Alaska* for the Royal Court. His film and television credits include *Star Wars:  The Force Awakens, Tulip Fever, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Bright Star, Marie Antoinette, The Tudors, The Palace* and *Little Dorrit.* He will soon be seen in *Cursed* for Netflix and *Golddigger* for the BBC. **Yasmin Paige**'s theatre credits include *Actually* at the Trafalgar Studios, *Circle, Mirror, Transformation* for Home Theatre, *Ah Wilderness! *for the Young Vic, *Spur of the Moment* for the Royal Court and *Les Misérables* at the Palace Theatre.  Her film and television credits include *The Souvenir Part II, Good Karma Hospital, Chicken, Glue, Pramface, The Double, Submarine, Ballet Shoes, Sarah Jane Adventures* and* Smack the Pony. * ### Additional information on *Leopoldstadt* production team and author Internationally award-winning writer **Tom Stoppard**’s plays include *Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, The Real Inspector Hound, After Magritte, Jumpers, New Found Land, Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth, Travesties, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour* (a play for actors and orchestra written with André Previn), *Night and Day, The Real Thing, Hapgood, Arcadia, Indian Ink, The Invention of Love, The Coast of Utopia*, *Rock ‘n’ Roll* and, most recently, *The Hard Problem.  *His radio plays include *Albert’s Bridge, Artist Descending a Staircase, The Dog It Was That Died, If You’re Glad I’ll Be Frank,* and most recently, his dramatic imagining of Pink Floyd’s *Darkside of the Moon*, *Darkside.* As well as for the stage and radio, Stoppard is an award-winning writer for film and television. **Patrick Marber**’s directing credits of his own work include *Dealer’s Choice *at the National Theatre and Vaudeville Theatre, *After Miss Julie* for BBC TV, *Closer* at the National Theatre, Lyric Theatre and Music Box, New York*, Howard Katz* and *Three Days in the Country* also at the National Theatre and *Don Juan in Soho* at Wyndham’s Theatre. His other directing credits include *The Room* as part of the Pinter at the Pinter Season, *Venus In Fur* at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, *Travesties* at the Menier Chocolate Factory, Apollo Theatre and The American Airlines Theatre, New York, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Director, *The Caretaker* at the Comedy Theatre, *Blue Remembered Hills* at the National Theatre*, ‘1953’* at the Almeida Theatre and *The Old Neighborhood* at the Royal Court. Marber’s plays, which have received multiple awards both in the West End and on Broadway, include *Dealer’s Choice, After Miss Julie, Closer, Howard Katz, Three Days in the Country,* *The Red Lion* and a version of *Hedda Gabler*.  He is also an award-winning screenwriter and his film credits include *Closer* and *Notes on a Scandal*.  **Sonia Friedman Productions** (SFP) is an international production company responsible for some of the most successful theatre productions in London and New York.  Since 1990, SFP has developed, initiated and produced over 170 new productions and together the company has won a staggering 55 Olivier Awards, 30 Tonys and 2 BAFTAs.  In 2019, Sonia Friedman OBE was awarded ‘Producer of the Year’ at the Stage Awards for a record breaking fourth time. In 2018, Friedman was also featured in TIME 100, a list of Time magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World.  Current productions include the UK premiere of *The Book of Mormon*, West End and UK & European tour, *Harry Potter* *and the Cursed Child *in London, New York, Melbourne and San Francisco, *Mean Girls *at the August Wilson Theatre, New York and *Fiddler on the Roof* at the Playhouse Theatre, London, *The Inheritance,* at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York.  Forthcoming productions include *Harry Potter and the Cursed Child* in Hamburg and Toronto, *Uncle Vanya* at the Harold Pinter Theatre, London and *The Doctor* at the Duke of York’s Theatre, London. Previous theatre productions include *Rosmersholm,* *The Ferryman*, *The Inheritance, Summer and Smoke,* *Dreamgirls, The Jungle,* *All About Eve*, *Consent, The Birthday Party, Ink, Hamlet *starring Andrew Scott,* Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour*, *Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?*, *Travesties*, *The Glass Menagerie*, *Nice Fish*, *A Christmas Carol*, *Funny Girl*, *Farinelli and The King*, *Hamlet *starring Benedict Cumberbatch, *1984, Sunny Afternoon*, *Bend It Like Beckham*, *The Nether*, *The River*. * * *
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