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I want you to do yourself proud, Joey. You go and drive those Germans back where they've come from, and then come home to me. 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. Do I look like I know the latest on every effing ?orse in the war? Do I look like an effing equine expert or even an effing equestrian enthusiast? Your squadron no longer exists. That's all I know, Private. Suitable for 12yrs+ War Horse website.

Creatives/Company

Book by: Michael Morpurgo
Adapted by: Nick Stafford
Producer: National Theatre
Director(s): Marianne Elliott, Tom Morris, Toby Sedgwick (director of movement and Horse Choreography), Basil Jones (puppetry director), Adrian Kohler (puppetry director), Katie Henry (revival director), Craig Leo (associate puppetry director), Charlotte Peters (resident director), Matthew Forbes (resident puppetry director), Paul Benzing (fight director), Jill Green (CDG - casting)
Design(s): Rae Smith, Basil Jones (puppet design and fabrication - Handspring Puppet Company), Adrian Kohler (puppet design and fabrication - Handspring Puppet Company), Leo Warner (animation and projection design for 59 Productions Ltd), Mark Grimmer (animation and projection design for 59 Productions Ltd), William Fricker (associate designer), Emily Malone (associate projection designer and programmer)
Music(s): Adrian Sutton, John Tams (songmaker, Matthew Gough (music associate)
Sound(s): Christopher Shutt, Rob Bettle (associate sound designer)
Costume: Johanna Coe (associate costume designer)
Musical Director: Tim Sutton
Lighting(s): Karen Spahn (associate lighting designer), George Bach (lighting associate)
Other: Jacquie Crago (company voice and dialect work)