Dr Strangelove: London theatre audiences warned that nuclear satire play features 'cigarette smoking'

London theatregoers attending a play about nuclear Armageddon are being warned that the production includes smoking and swearing on stage.

Critics have hit out at the warning given to audiences at the West End production of Dr Strangelove, a satire of an out-of-control US general who orders a nuclear strike on the USSR, risking nuclear catastrophe.