“War Horse” stage production coming to New Zealand

The phase production of “War Horse” is coming to New Zealand for a four-week season.

The acclaimed show, based on the 1983 children’s majority of the same advert yesteryear Michael Morpurgo together with adapted into a characteristic cinema yesteryear Steven Spielberg, volition hold upwards staged at the Aotea Centre, inwards Auckland, from August xx side yesteryear side year.

There volition hold upwards 8 functioning each week, amongst eventide performances on Tuesday to Sabbatum from 7.30pm. There volition hold upwards additional performances each calendar week on Wednesdays at 1pm together with Sundays at 3pm.

The demo volition tour hither subsequently completing seasons inwards Melbourne, Sydney together with Brisbane.

The play features life-size Equus caballus puppets, i of which made an appearance inwards Auckland’s Aotea Square yesterday to promote the production.

Three puppeteers brought the Equus caballus life.

Since its basis premiere inwards London inwards 2007, “War Horse” has won numerous prestigious awards, including 2 Laurence Olivier Awards, 5 Tony Awards together with 4 Outer Critics’ Circle Awards, amid a host of others.

The Handspring Puppet Company has too won many accolades, including a 2011 Special Tony Award, for the Equus caballus puppets used inwards the production.

Nick Stafford’s phase adaptation of Morpurgo’s majority tells the heart-wrenching flush of Joey, the love Equus caballus of a man child called Albert, who is sold to the cavalry at the outbreak of World War 1 together with shipped to France.

Joey is shortly caught upwards inwards enemy fire, together with fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides earlier finding himself lonely inwards No Man’s Land.

But Albert cannot forget Joey and, all the same non quondam plenty to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to discovery him together with convey him home.

At its pump are the astonishing puppets, potent plenty for men to ride.

War Horse has already played to packed houses at London’s National Theatre, the West End’s New London Theatre together with inwards North America.

“War Horse is a life-affirming flush almost friendship, courage together with family, which appeals to all ages,” says Chris Harper, producer amongst the National Theatre of Great Britain.

“This is a production that brings the household unit of measurement together. We larn people coming dorsum in i lawsuit again together with again, together with they ever stimulate got the same reaction. It awakens something inwards you.”

 

Ticketing information is available at

» The manful someone survivor’s guide to “War Horse”. This was written for the pic adaptation, only the same materials applies.

 

 

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