Performance

VenuePlayhouse
Other spaces: Salberg Studio
TownSalisbury
CountyWiltshire
From14th November 2016
To19th November 2016
WhenMon-Sat 19:30. Thu, Sat Mats 14:15
What is currently on at Playhouse (V923)

The Wipers Times

The Wipers TimesT2033213692
In a bombed out building during the First World War in the French town of Ypres, 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 and was an extraordinary tribute to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity.
Author Ian Hislop
Author Nick Newman


Archive :: production:T2033213692, play:S01670396729, venue:V923

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Reviews

Overall: 5.00
Graham C (17Nov16): truly wonderful the best show I have seen in a very long time thank you Graham 5

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Company

Producer The Watermill
Director Caroline Leslie
Design Dora Schweitzer
Lighting James Smith
Sound Steve Mayo
Music Nick Green
Musical Director Paul Herbert
Performer Kevin Brewer (Henderson)
Performer Eleanor Brown (Kate Roberts / Madame Fifi / Lady Somersby Smith)
Performer Sam Ducane (Howfield / MC)
Performer James Dutton (Roberts)
Performer George Kemp (Pearson)
Performer Peter Losasso (Dodd)
Performer Jake Morgan (Barnes)
Performer Dan Tetsell (General Mitford)
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