When Winston Went to War with the Wireless

When Winston Went to War with the Wireless is a play by Jack Thorne about the BBC during the 1926 United Kingdom general strike.

Production history
The play made its world premiere at the Donmar Warehouse, London on 13 June 2023, following previews from 2 June, running until 29 July, directed by Katy Rudd.

Reception
The Guardian's Arifa Akbar gave the play three stars out of five, observing that "the story comes in fast, evocative scenes with dialogue delivering lots of information, entertainingly, but not with enough probing" and praised Rudd's direction while stating that "ultimately, we are not sure what the play is saying."

Writing for Time Out, Andrzej Lukowski also awarded the play three stars of five, claiming that it "never quite manages to live up to its intriguing concept" and calling it "an entertaining but flawed exercise in cakeism."

Sarah Crompton of WhatsOnStage.com gave the play four stars out of five, describing it as a "fleet and fluid production" and highlighting the performances of Campbell-Moore, Scarborough and Archer.