Performance

Venue	Gillian Lynne Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	28th March 2009
Opened	3rd April 2009
To	12th March 2016
When	Mon, Wed, Fri 19:30. Tue 19:00. Thu, Sat 14:30, 19:30
Prices
Gillian Lynne Theatre (V401)
Current/Future Listings
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Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 23 Mar 15 - T01986004750
Date of change: 17 Mar 14 - T01129464281
Date of change: 1 Oct 13 - T140999982
Date of change: 30 Sep 13 - T140999982
Date of change: 11 Mar 13 - T821937557
Date of change: 7 Sep 12 - T01239710436
Date of change: 17 Nov 11 - T0718970102

War Horse

Work:: War Horse (S195559555)

I want you to do yourself proud, Joey. You go and drive those Germans back where they've come from, and then come home to me. At the outbreak of World War one, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. he's soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land. but Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home. Do I look like I know the latest on every effing ?orse in the war? Do I look like an effing equine expert or even an effing equestrian enthusiast? Your squadron no longer exists. That's all I know, Private. Suitable for 12yrs+

Book by	Michael Morpurgo
Adapted by	Nick Stafford

Production:: (T01986004750)

Running time 2 hours 25 minutes inc. interval.

Corporate Sponsor	Accenture
Producer	National Theatre
Company	Handspring Puppet Company
Director	Marianne Elliott
Director	Tom Morris
Design	Rae Smith
Design	Adrian Kohler (puppet)
Lighting	Paule Constable
Design	Leo Warner (video - for Fifty Nine Ltd)
Design	Mark Grimmer (video)
Sound	Christopher Shutt
Director	Toby Sedgwick (movement)
Music	Adrian Sutton
Lyrics	John Tams
Design	Leo Warner (video - for Fifty-Nine Productions Ltd)
Design	Mark Grimmer (video - for Fifty-Nine Productions Ltd)
Performer	James Backway (Albert Narracott)
Performer	Phillip Bertioli (Joey / Topthorn Heart)
Performer	Ken Bradshaw (Priest / Gefreiter Karl)
Performer	Adrian Christopher (Topthorn Head)
Performer	Matthew Churcher (Joey / Topthorn Hind)
Performer	Clare Louise Connolly (Baby Joey / Emilie)
Performer	Alasdair Craig (Friedrich Muller)
Performer	Harry De Moraville (Thomas Bone)
Performer	Drew Dillon (Goose / Klebb)
Performer	James Duncan (Joey / Topthorn Head)
Performer	Nick Figgis (Dr Schweyk / Vet Martin)
Performer	Patrick Fleming (Rudi)
Performer	Keiran Flynn (Sergeant Fine / Col Strauss)
Performer	Alan Francis (Sergeant Thunder)
Performer	Colm Gormley (Ted)
Performer	Dominic Hodson (Captain Nicholls)
Performer	Ian Houghton (Sergeant Allan / Manfred)
Performer	Mark Jackson (Captain Stewart)
Performer	Simon Jenkins (Billy Narracott / Ludwig)
Performer	Jamie Lee-Morgan (Joey Head)
Performer	Nyron Levy (Topthorn Heart)
Performer	Kate Marlais (Annie Gilbert)
Performer	Shaun McCourt (Joey Hind)
Performer	Tony McGeever (David Taylor)
Performer	Jayne Mckenna (Rose Narracott)
Performer	Chris Milford (Joey Heart)
Performer	Gary Mitchinson (Joey / Topthorn Hind)
Performer	Thomas Mittleheuser (Ensemble)
Performer	Ben Murray (Songperson / musician)
Performer	Markus Schabbing (Joey / Topthorn Head)
Performer	Adam Henderson Scott (John Greig / Geordie)
Performer	Alisdair Simpson (Chapman Carter / Soldat Schmidt)
Performer	James Alexander Taylor (Joey / Topthorn Heart)
Performer	Emma Thornett (Baby Joey / Paulette)
Performer	Lowri Walton (Ensemble)
Performer	Scarlet Wilderink (Baby Joey)
Performer	Sam Willmott (Topthorn Hind)
Performer	Simon Wolfe (Arthur Narracott)

Listing:: L178209228

Current production:Work

Production details

Running time 2 hours 25 minutes inc. interval.

Reviews

jim: 03Sep12:
Missed some of the staging seen at the national but still a magnificent show

News: War Horse to tour
08Jun12: Initial information ....

News: War Horse to tour?
20Oct11: Michael Morpurgo's WWI story to tour in 2013?

USER: 15Aug11:
This is my favourite play of the last few years, truly dramatic, makes me cry and laugh and .. well, what more can one want from a play!

War Horse review
24Feb09: Wonderful .. what else can I say

User Reviews

jim (03Sep12): Missed some of the staging seen at the national but still a magnificent show

USER (15Aug11): This is my favourite play of the last few years, truly dramatic, makes me cry and laugh and .. well, what more can one want from a play!

Special Performances

18 Jul 09 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
12 Dec 09 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
3 Jul 10 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
27 Nov 10 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
21 May 11 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
13 Dec 11 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
11 Feb 12 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
14 Apr 12 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
16 Jun 12 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
16 Feb 13 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
7 Jun 14 Captioned
21 Jun 14 Audio Described
5 Jul 14 Sign Interpreted
20 Sep 14 Relaxed
22 Nov 14 Audio Described
13 Dec 14 Captioned

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