THE WIPERS TIMES to Run in Scotland this Fall

Following a sold-out UK tour in 2016, and a fast-selling limited season in the West End, the producers of The Wipers Times are pleased to announce that the production will run in Scotland this autumn.

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's stage adaptation of their award-winning BBC film will be performed at Theatre Royal, Glasgow from Tuesday 7 until Saturday 11 November.

The true and extraordinary story tells of the satirical newspaper created in the mud and mayhem of the Somme, interspersed with comic sketches and spoofs from the vivid imagination of those on the front line.

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman said: "Following amazing audience and critical reaction in the West End, Wipers Times is on manoeuvres again around Britain. We look forward to sharing the remarkable trench humour of the Wipers Times with new theatre-goers around the country."

The story follows In a bombed out building during the First World War in the Belgian 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 frontline.

Defying enemy bombardment, gas attacks and the disapproval of many of the top Brass, The Wipers Times rolled off the press for two years - an extraordinary tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity.

The production originally launched one hundred years after the Battle of the Somme.

The Wipers Times is directed by Caroline Leslie, designed by Dora Schweitzer, with lighting design by James Smith and sound design by Steve Mayo. The composer is Nick Green, and the musical director is Paul Herbert.

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