The National Theatre's smash-hit production of War Horse is set to be revived in London, playing at the brand new Troubadour Theatre in Wembley Park from 18th October to 23rd November 2019. Tickets go on sale on Friday 15th February.
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.
War Horse ran at the New London Theatre in the West End from 23rd March 2009 to 12th March 2016, and was revived in the Lyttelton at the National Theatre in late 2018.
Every stage production is unique. Even plays or musicals that are produced frequently all have their own individuality and bring something fresh to the theatre if only because each has a different cast and a different director with a different vision. Comparing productions often seems grossly unfair when such a great deal of skill and sweat goes into staging any work. But every now and then... Read more
What the popular press had to say... "If ever a piece of theatre worked magic then it must be War Horse...The key to the show’s almost eerie success is its creation of larger-than-horse-life equines — the puppet-contraptions, Joey and Topthorn."Nicholas De Jongh for The Evening Standard
The National Theatre production of War Horse is set to return to London later this year, as the first production opening a brand new theatre in Wembley Park. Based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo, the story is set in Devon where a young Albert is forced to see his beloved horse leave the family farm as he is sold to the Cavalry and shipped to France at the outbreak of the First World War.
