The Wipers Times

The Wipers Times

Arts Theatre

Price: from € 32.00

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 season at the Arts Theatre The Wipers Times returns for seven weeks only.

In a bombed out building during the First World War in the Belgian town of Ypres (mis-pronounced 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.
 
 
 

Info

Arts Theatre
6-7 Great Newport Street
London
WC2H 7JB

Duration:
2 hours 10 minutes

Directions

Directions

Directions
Nearest metro station: Leicester Square Station (Piccadilly / Northern Line).

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