Michael Morpurgo’s novel, adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford

War Horse

Боевой конь

Since its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007, War Horse has become an international smash hit.

Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, War Horse takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France. Filled with stirring music and songs, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing lifesized puppets by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage.

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Actors

Albert

Captain Nicholls

Rose Narracott

Ted Narracott

Captain Stewart

Crew

Directors

Marianne Elliott, Tom Morris

Set designer

Rae Smith

Lighting Designer

Paule Constable

Director of Movement and Horse Choreography

Toby Sedgwick

Composer

Adrian Sutton

Sound Designer

Christopher Shutt

Puppet Design and Fabrication, Puppetry Directors

Basil Jones, Adrian Kohler

About

Awards

London Production

2007 Evening Standard Awards

Best Director (Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, nominee)

Best Design (Rae Smith and the Handspring Puppet Company, winner)

2007 Critics’ Circle Theatre Awards

Best Designer (Basil Jones, Adrian Kohler, Rae Smith, and the Handspring Puppet Company, winner)

2008 Laurence Olivier Awards

Best New Play (Nick Stafford, nominee)

Best Lighting Design (Paule Constable, nominee)

Best Sound Design (Adrian Sutton and John Tams, nominee)

Best Set Design (Rae Smith, Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, winner)

Best Theatre Choreographer (Toby Sedgwick, winner)

Best Director (Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, nominee)

2010 Laurence Olivier Awards

Audience Award for Most Popular Show (nominee)

2012 TheatrePeople.com Awards

Nominated for ‘Favourite Play’ and ‘Favourite Family Show’

2012 Whatsonstage Best West End Show Award

2015 Mousetrap Award for Best Play

Broadway Production

2011 Drama League Awards

Distinguished Production of a Play (winner)

Distinguished Performance (Seth Numrich, nominee)

2011 Tony Awards

Best Play (Nick Stafford, winner)

Best Direction of a Play (Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, winner)

Best Scenic Design of a Play (Rae Smith, winner)

Best Lighting Design of a Play (Paule Constable, winner)

Best Sound Design of a Play (Christopher Shutt, winner)

In addition, Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones of Handspring Puppet Company won the Special Tony Award for War Horse.

2011 Drama Desk Awards

Outstanding Play (winner)

2011 Outer Critics Circle Awards

Outstanding New Broadway Play (winner)

Outstanding Director of a Play (Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, winner)

Outstanding Lighting Design (Paule Constable, winner)

Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play (Seth Numrich, nominee)

In addition, Adrian Kohler and Basil Jones of Handspring Puppet Company won the Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award, for “Puppet Design, Fabrication and Direction for War Horse”.

2011 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards

Best Broadway Choreographer (Toby Sedgwick, nominee)