First take a look at new manufacturing of War Horse, the award-winning National Theatre manufacturing coming to the Theatre Royal – Glasgow Theatre Blog

Brand new manufacturing photos have been launched for the National Theatre’s acclaimed manufacturing of War Horse, based mostly on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel. This all-new manufacturing is now touring the UK and Ireland, enjoying on the Theatre Royal, Glasgow from Tuesday 25 March – Saturday 5 April.

The full forged of 35 contains: Rianna Ash (Joey/Topthorn head), Alexander Ballinger (Captain Friedrich Müller/Allan),  Eloise Beaumont-Wood(Baby Joey), Ike Bennett (David Taylor/Thomas Bone), Haydn Burke (Billy Narracott/Sergeant Klebb), Sophie Cartman (Matron Callaghan), Jo Castleton (Rose Narracott), Owen Dagnall (Geordie), Alexandra Donnachie (Joey/Topthorn head), Felicity Donnelly (Joey/Topthorn hind), Tom Gilbey (Sergeant Fine), Thomas Goodridge (Joey/Topthorn hind), Karl Haynes (Ted Narracott), Robin Hayward (Joey/Topthorn coronary heart), Michael Larcombe (Joey/Topthorn hind), Matthew Lawrence (Joey/Topthorn head), Madeleine Leslay (Paulette/Sarah Carter), Jack Lord (Klausen/Priest),Damian Lynch (Carter/Strauss), Lewis McBean (Joey/Topthorn coronary heart), Chris Milford (Joey/Tophorn coronary heart), Jordan Paris (Baby Joey), Anne-Marie Piazza (Nell Allan/Schnabel), Tea Poldervaart (Joey/Topthorn head), Lucy Thorburn (Jenny Bone/Annie Gilbert), Gareth Radcliffe (Arthur Narracott/Sergeant Thunder), Daniel Rock (Captain Stewart/Ludwig), Diany Samba-Bandza (Emilie/Baby Joey),Tom Sturgess (Albert Narracott), Alistair So (Vet Martin), Simon Stanhope (Manfred), Gun Suen (Joey/Topthorn hind), Sally Swanson (The Singer), Chris Williams (Lieutenant Nicholls/Dr Schewyk) and Rafe Young (Joey/Topthorn coronary heart).

War Horse, tailored by Nick Stafford and initially directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, has develop into probably the most profitable play within the historical past of the National Theatre, profitable greater than 25 main awards together with the Tony Award for ‘Best Play’, and has been seen by over 8.3 million individuals worldwide. This new tour is co-produced with Michael Harrison, Fiery Angel, and Playing Field.

War Horse tells the outstanding story of a younger boy known as Albert and his horse Joey, set towards the backdrop of the First World War. This powerfully shifting and imaginative drama is a present of phenomenal inventiveness, stuffed with stirring music and songs, that includes ground-breaking puppetry work by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, which brings respiration, galloping, charging, horses to thrilling life on stage and has impressed a technology of theatre-makers since its premiere in 2007.

At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, younger Albert’s beloved horse, is offered to the Cavalry and shipped to France.  He’s quickly caught up in enemy fireplace, and destiny takes him on a unprecedented journey, serving on either side earlier than discovering himself alone in no man’s land.  Albert, who remained on his mother and father’ Devon farm, can not neglect Joey. Though nonetheless not sufficiently old to enlist he embarks on a treacherous mission to search out him and convey him residence.