A stage adaptation of The Spy Who Came in From the Cold will continue its UK tour through August 2026, with new production images released from the Chichester Festival Theatre production. The tour opened March 12 at Curve Theatre and is scheduled to visit 21 venues nationwide.
The Ink Factory and Second Half Productions have announced the full cast for the extensive UK-wide tour of the Chichester Festival Theatre production of John le Carré's The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
The Belgrade Theatre has announced the cast of its upcoming production, Fighting Irish, which makes its world premiere in B2 from Sat 2 – Sat 16 April as part of the Theatre’s Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 programme.
As Editor and Lead Cartoonist of Private Eye, Ian Hislop and Nick Newman are certainly not immune to the issue of libel. In Trial By Laughter they expand what was a Radio 4 afternoon drama to a full length play, focusing on the trials of satirist and forgotten hero of free speech, William Hone, in 1817.
Following critical acclaim and huge demand for tickets, Trademark Touring and Watermill Theatre are pleased to announce a UK tour extension for Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's new play, Trial By Laughter. In addition to Newbury, Guildford, Ipswich, Cheltenham and Brighton, the show is now set to visit Malvern, Greater Manchester, Chichester, Glasgow, Richmond, Milton Keynes and Eastbourne in early 2019.
Following the sell-out success of The Wipers Times in the West End and across the country, Ian Hislop and Nick Newman have once again taken inspiration from real life events for their new play Trial by Laughter, based on their critically acclaimed original BBC Radio 4 drama of the same name. The production is a Trademark Touring and Watermill Theatre co-production, playing at The Watermill for six weeks from Thursday 20th September - Saturday 27th October 2018. Following this, it will be heading on a UK tour visiting Guildford, Ipswich, Cheltenham and Brighton, with further venues to be announced.
The cast is announced for the premiere of Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's new satirical play TRIAL BY LAUGHTER, which is inspired by extraordinary real-life events.
The stage premiere of Ian Hislop and Nick Newman's award-winning BBC film The Wipers Times comes to the Lyceum Theatre from Thursday 3 November - Saturday 5 November, telling the extraordinary true story of the satirical newspaper created amidst the mud and mayhem of the Somme.
The Watermill Theatre announces the company for The Wipers Times, by Ian Hislop and Nick Newman opening on 22 September until 29 October at The Watermill Theatre, and then on tour to Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield, New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich and Salisbury Playhouse.