Herbert Paul News

To coincide with the commemoration of the end of WW1 there will be a special gala performance of Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's play The Wipers Times on Remembrance Sunday 11 November at 6pm at the Arts Theatre, London in support of The Royal British Legion's Thank You campaign. The evening will include an introduction, post-show talk and Q and A with Ian and Nick and a reception. The play is currently on a UK tour and begins a 7-week season at the Arts Theatre on 18 October.

Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's play, The Wipers Times tells the true and extraordinary story of the satirical newspaper created in the mud and mayhem of the Somme. It comes to Birmingham Repertory Theatre from Monday 8 - Saturday 13 October following two sold-out tours and a critically acclaimed West End season.

Kurt Weill's 'Lost in the Stars' brings a moving tale of South Africa to the Union Avenue Stage.

Following sold-out UK tours in 2016 and 2017, and a critically acclaimed hit run at the Arts Theatre in the West End in 2017, The Wipers Times will once again tour the UK this Autumn. It opens at Nottingham Theatre Royal on 28 August 2018, and visits Oxford, Exeter, Malvern, Leicester, Eastbourne and Birmingham before returning to the Arts Theatre in London for a 7 week season. Full tour dates at www.wiperstimesplay.co.uk with casting to be announced.

The opening of the special exhibition Crucible: Life & Death in 1918 and a timely program focused on the complex issue of protection and detection of chemical weapons highlight the April events at the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

Casting has been announced for Salisbury Playhouse's adaptation of PG Wodehouse's golfing stories, Love on the Links.

Following sold-out UK tours in 2016 and 2017, and a critically acclaimed hit run at the Arts Theatre in the West End in 2017, The Wipers Times will once again tour the UK this Autumn. It opens at Nottingham Theatre Royal on 28 August 2018, and visits Oxford, Exeter, Malvern, Leicester, Eastbourne and Birmingham before returning to the Arts Theatre in London for a 7 week season. Full tour dates at www.wiperstimesplay.co.uk with casting to be announced.

Michelle Gayle and Alice Barlow will star in the heart-warming new musical Son of a Preacher Man when it visits Chester next year.

Children's Touring Partnership and Royal & Derngate, Northampton are delighted to announce a new adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's family classic, "THE JUNGLE BOOK". The production will premiere at Royal & Derngate, Northampton fromTuesday 28 November until Sunday 31 December 2017 and will then embark on a UK national tour from Thursday 25 January 2018 beginning at Chichester Festival Theatre.