Details

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.

Cast/Performers

Kevin Brewer (Henderson), Eleanor Brown (Kate Roberts / Madame Fifi / Lady Somersby Smith), Sam Ducane (Howfield / MC), James Dutton (Roberts), George Kemp (Pearson), Peter Losasso (Dodd), Jake Morgan (Barnes), Dan Tetsell (General Mitford)

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Ian Hislop, Nick Newman
Producer: The Watermill
Director: Caroline Leslie
Design: Dora Schweitzer
Lighting: James Smith
Sound: Steve Mayo
Music: Nick Green
Musical Director: Paul Herbert