WAR HORSE Premieres in Toronto

The National Theatre of Great Britain, National Angels, Bob Boyett and David Mirvish will present the Canadian premiere production of The National Theatre of Great Britain production War Horse.

Based on a novel by Michael Morpurgo, adapted by Nick Stafford in association with Handspring Puppet Company, War Horse began performances at The Princess of Wales Theatre on February 10. Opening night is February 28, 2012. The cast of this Olivier and Tony Award-winning play brings together actors from across Canada. 

England,1914. As World War I begins, 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 journey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in No Man's Land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, though not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find his horse and bring him home.

Winner of 6 Tony Awards® 2011, Outer Critic's Circle Awards 2011, Olivier, Evening Standard and Critics' Circle awards, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama, filled with stirring music and songs, is a production of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-sized puppets created by South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to life on the stage.

The production is directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris; sets, costumes & drawings by Rae Smith; puppet design, fabrication and direction by Adrian Kohler with Basil Jones for Handspring Puppet Company; lighting by Paule Constable; director of movement & horse sequences by Toby Sedgwick; animation & projection design by 59 Productions; music by Adrian Sutton; songmaker John Tams and sound by Christopher Sutt.

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