Bill W and Dr Bob, Websters Theatre
Sweets for Addicts presents
Bill W and Dr Bob
A powerful and humorous play detailing the events that let to the creation of alcoholics anonymous.
14th, 15th and 16th October 2021 at 19:30
Websters Theatre Great Western Road, Glasgow. G4 9HZ
Back once again by popular demand!
In 1929, famous New York stockbroker Bill Wilson crashes with the stock market and becomes a hopeless drunk. Dr Bob Smith, a surgeon from Ohio, has also been an alcoholic for 30 years, often going into the operating room with a hangover. Through an astonishing series of event, Bill W. and Dr Bob meet and form a relationship, each helping to keep the other sober.
This is the amazing and often humorous story of the two men who pioneered Alcoholics Anonymous.
The authors wish to express their thanks for the permission to use material from Alcoholics Anonymous, but publication of the work does not imply affiliation with nor approval or endorsement from Alcoholics Anonymous World Services Inc.
Further informaton about event at Websters
Tickets
£12
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