The Wipers times

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By Ian Hislop and Nick Newman.

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman’s The Wipers Times tells the true and extraordinary story of the satirical newspaper created in the mud and mayhem of the Somme. Following a sell-out national tour, The Wipers Times transfers to the West End for a strictly limited season.

In a bombed out building during the First World War in the French town of Ypres (mispronounced Wipers by British soldiers), two officers discover a printing press and create a newspaper for the troops. Far from being a sombre journal about life in the trenches, they produced a resolutely cheerful, subversive and very funny newspaper designed to lift the spirits of the men on the front line.

Meeting/pick-up point: Arts Theatre.
Duration: 2 hours and 10 minutes.
Start/opening time: On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 7:30pm. On Thursday and Saturday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm.
Opening days/period: From March 21st to May 13th.