War Horse
The National Theatre's epic production is based on the celebrated novel by the Children's Laureate (2003-05) Michael Morpurgo. Actors working with magnificent, life-sized puppets by the internationally renowned Handspring Puppet Company lead us on a gripping journey through history.
War Horse On Stage website: http://www.warhorseonstage.com/
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Dates:
Olivier Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London: 17 October 2007 through to 18 March 2009 (not continuous performances)
New London Theatre, London: 3 April 2009 - 12 March 2016 http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/shows/war-horse-at-the-new-london-theatre
Toronto, Canada: 28 February 2012 - present
New York, USA: 14 April 2011 - 6 January 2013
US National Tour: 14 June 2012
UK National Tour: (from Autumn 2013)
Melbourne, Australia: 31 December 2012 - ?
Berlin, Germany: 26 March 2013 - ?
UK National Tour: (from 2017)
Directed by Marianne Elliott & Tom Morris
Lighting Design: Paule Constable
Set / Projection: Rae Smith
Puppet Design & Fabrication: Basil Jones & Adrian Kohler (Handspring Puppet Company)
Director of Movement: Toby Sedgwick
Video Design: Leo Warner & Mark Grimmer (59 Productions)
Songmaker: John Tams
Music: Adrian Sutton
Sound Design: Christopher Shutt
Trailer - National Theatre Live
Photo Gallery
Making of War Horse
Documentary - viewable on Channel 4 website
Handspring Puppet Company TED talk
LINK: http://www.ted.com/talks/handpring_puppet_co_the_genius_puppetry_behind_war_horse.html
War Horse Puppeteering (Toronto)
Lighting Design
From White Light blog:
"The rig for the New London includes automated lighting from Vari-Lite (VL3000Q Washes, VL1000 AS Spots), ETC (Revolutions) and DHA Lighting (Digital Light Curtains), conventionals from ETC (Source Fours, Source Pars), Strand (Alto 2.5kW PCs, Bambino 5kW Fresnels), Thomas (Par64s), R&V (1kW Beamlight followspots with DMX-controlled dimmer shutters), Arri (2.5kW HMI Fresnels), Robert Juliat (D’Artagnan HMI profile) and Rainbow (Rainbow Pro scrollers in a range of sizes). Atmospheric effects are generated from MDG Atmosphere and Look Solutions Unique haze machines and Viper smoke machines. The entire rig is controlled from an ETC Ion console."