It’s 1959 and Philippe, Gustave and Henri, three veterans from the First World War, dream of making their escape from the soldiers’ home, if not to Indochina then at least as far as the poplar trees on the hill … This translation of Gérald Sibleyras’ play, a smash hit in Paris under the title Les Vents des Peupliers, premiered at the Wyndham’s Theatre, London, in 2005 to critical acclaim, starring Richard Griffiths, John Hurt and Ken Stott. Playing time approx. 110 minutes with one interval.

“Gérald Sibleyras’ 90-minute French comedy, given an elegant English gloss by is translator Tom Stoppard and the ironic title Heroes, achieves a seductive fusion of the comic, sad and absurd.” Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard