Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s stage adaptation of their own award-winning BBC film, The Wipers Times. returns to the Arts Theatre after impressing in 2017, and embarking on a national tour earlier this year.
Set against the brutal backdrop of the Somme, this play brings to life the true story of a satirical newspaper that was created by a group of British soldiers, and named after their common mispronunciation of the nearby town, Ypres.
In early 1916 two officers discovered a printing press forgotten in a bombed out building which inspired their creation of The Wipers Times, a subversive but resolutely cheerful publication that circulated among British troops for the final two years of the war.
| What | The Wipers Times, Arts Theatre |
| Where | Arts Theatre, 6-7 Great Newport Street, London, WC2H 7JB | MAP |
| Nearest tube | Leicester Square (underground) |
| When |
16 Oct 18 – 01 Dec 18, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM |
| Price | £27.03 - £56.93 |
| Website | Click here to book |
