WAR HORSE Now Booking Until October 2012 In London
290,000 TICKETS RELEASED FOR SALE IN LONDON
MICHAEL MORPURGO’S WEST END HIT GALLOPS INTO OCTOBER 2012
Today, 6 June, the National Theatre’s award-winning production of War Horse at the New London Theatre will release over 290,000 new tickets for sale, taking bookings up to 20 October 2012.
Nick Stafford’s adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s book has been playing to packed houses at the New London Theatre since March 2009. The Broadway production of War Horse, which recently opened at the Lincoln Center’s Vivien Beaumont Theatre, has won 8 awards as well as being nominated for 5 Tony Awards. In addition Handspring Puppet Company will receive a Special Tony Award at this year's ceremony on 12 June.
A further production is due to open in February 2012 at the Princess of Wales Theatre, Toronto, with a US tour scheduled to start in Los Angeles in June 2012.
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.
Directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse is designed by Rae Smith, with puppet design and fabrication by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company, lighting by Paule Constable, and movement and horse choreography by Toby Sedgwick; the puppetry directors are Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, with video design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer, songmaker John Tams, music by Adrian Sutton and sound by Christopher Shutt.
The current West End cast comprises Stuart Angell (Joey/Topthorn heart), Nigel Betts (Arthur Narracott/Sgt. Thunder), Nicholas Bishop (Captain Nicholls), Joshua Blake (John Greig), Hannah Boyde (Annie Gilbert), Pascale Burgess (Paulette), Ellie Burrow (Baby Joey heart/hind) Emily Cooper (Joey/ Topthorn hind/Goose), Matt Costain (Topthorn hind), Ewen Cummins (Chapman Carter/Colonel Strauss/Soldat Schmidt), Danny Dalton (David Taylor), Salvatore D’Aquilla (Klebb/Sentry Shaw), Matthew Forbes (Joey hind), Thomas Goodridge (Joey/Topthorn hind), David Grewcock (Joey/Topthorn head), Stephen Harper (Joey/Topthorn head/Goose/Geordie), Christian Jenner (Dr Schweyk/Heine/Sgt. Fine), Curtis Jordan (Topthorn head/Goose), Nicolas Karimi (Topthorn heart/Geordie), Sarah Mardel (Baby Joey head/Emilie), Shaun McKee (Joey/Topthorn heart/Geordie), Jack Monaghan (Albert Narracott), Jack Parker (Baby Joey heart/hind/Coco), Malcolm Ridley (Sgt.Allan/Schnabel/Manfred), Patrick Robinson (Friedrich Muller), Ruth Rogers (Joey head), Saul Rose (Songman), Mat Ruttle (Bone/Heine), William Rycroft (Captain Stewart/Rudi), Eliot Short (Fiddler), Anthony Shuster (Priest/Karl/Vet Martin), Nicola Stephenson (Rose Narracott), David Walmsley (Billy Narracott/Coco/Ludwig), Andy Williams (Ted Narracott) and Thomas Wilton (Joey heart).
War Horse is produced in the West End by the National Theatre and National Angels.
LISTINGS INFORMATION FOR WAR HORSE
New London Theatre, Drury Lane, London WC2B 5PW
currently booking until 20 October 2012
Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at 7.30pm
Tuesdays at 7pm
Thursday & Saturdays at 2.30pm and 7.30pm
£15-£55 plus concessions (Prices include a restoration levy)
New London Theatre Box Office
Booking fee Telephone 0844 412 4654
Online from www.seetickets.com
National Theatre Box Office
Online from www.warhorselondon.com www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
CHRISTMAS 2011 PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Monday 19 December at 7pm
Tuesday 20 December at 2pm & 7pm
Wednesday 21 December at 7pm
Thursday 22 December at 2pm & 7pm
Friday 23 December at 2pm & 7pm
Saturday 24 December (Christmas Eve) at 1.30pm
Monday 26 December No performance
Tuesday 27 December at 2pm & 7pm
Wednesday 28 December at 7pm
Thursday 29 December at 2pm & 7pm
Friday 30 December at 2pm & 7pm
Saturday 31 December (New Year’s Eve) at 2pm
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