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Dates and venues introduced for Conflict Horse UK and Eire tour

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Jun 23, 2024 / 264 Views

Evan Walker

Dates and venues introduced for world smash-hit manufacturing of CoNFLict Horse, the unforgettable theatrical occasion based mostly on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, which embarks on a serious UK and Eire tour from 5 September 2024, touring by to 2026.

Conflict Horse acquired its world premiere on 9 October 2007 on the Nationwide Theatre, the place it performed for 2 seasons earlier than opening on the New London Theatre in March 2009. Since then, Conflict Horse has been seen in 97 cities in 14 nations, together with productions on Broadway, in Toronto and Berlin, with touring productions within the UK and Eire, North America, the Netherlands and Belgium.

The place and when?

Newly introduced venues; Leeds Grand Theatre (19 August – 6 September 2025), Edinburgh Competition Theatre (2 – 11 October 2025), Wales Millennium Centre (14 – 25 October 2025) and Norwich Theatre Royal (28 October – 8 November 2025).

Beforehand introduced dates are; New Wimbledon Theatre (5 – 14 September 2024), The Lowry, Salford (18 – 28 September 2024) Mayflower Theatre, Southampton (8 – 19 October 2024), The Marlowe, Canterbury (22 October – 2 November 2024), Sunderland Empire (5 – 16 November 2024), Theatre Royal Plymouth (26 November – 7 December 2024), New Theatre Oxford (10 December 2024 – 4 January 2025), New Victoria Theatre, Woking (14 – 25 January 2025), Bord Gais Power Theatre, Dublin (29 January – 1 February 2025), Grand Opera Home, Belfast (4 – 15 February 2025), The Regent Theatre, Stoke (4 – 8 March 2025), Wolverhampton Grand Theatre (11 – 22 March 2025), Theatre Royal Glasgow (25 March – 5 April 2025), Liverpool Empire (8– 19 April), Milton Keynes Theatre (22 April – 3 Could 2025), Nottingham Royal Live performance Corridor (6 – 17 Could 2025), Bristol Hippodrome (3 – 21 June 2025).

Additional tour dates and venues to be introduced. For extra info and to sign-up for precedence reserving at these newly introduced venues go to WarHorseOnStage.com.

Who’s within the solid?

Casting is to be introduced.

Inventive crew

Conflict Horse, tailored by Nick Stafford and initially directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, has turn into probably the most profitable play within the historical past of the Nationwide Theatre, profitable greater than 25 main awards and has been seen by over 8.3 million individuals worldwide. This all-new tour is co-produced with Michael Harrison, Fiery Angel, and Enjoying Subject.

Inventive improvement for the tour is being led by Tom Morris with revival director Katie Henry, that includes reimagined designs by Rae Smith and extra music by Adrian Sutton. Puppet design and fabrication is by Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Firm, lighting design is by Rob Casey, motion and horse choreography is by Toby Sedgwick with puppet route by Matthew Forbes. Animation and projection design is by Nicol Scott for 59 Productions, John Tams is songmaker and sound design is by Christopher Shutt. Casting is by Jill Inexperienced CDG. They’re joined by affiliate designer Will Fricker and affiliate costume designer Johanna Coe; affiliate lighting designer Tom Turner and affiliate sound designer Rob Bettle.

What’s the present about?

CoNFLict Horse tells the exceptional story of a younger boy referred to as Albert and his horse Joey, set towards the backdrop of the First World CoNFLict. This powerfully transferring and imaginative drama is a present of phenomenal inventiveness, crammed with stirring music and songs, that includes ground-breaking pupPetry work by South Africa’s Handspring PupPet Firm, which brings respiratory, galloping, charging, horses to thrilling life on stage and has impressed a Technology of theatre-makers since its premiere in 2007.

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

This tour of Conflict Horse marks 110 years because the begin of the First World Conflict and follows the 40^th anniversary of the publication of Michael Morpurgo’s world best-selling novel, which has now bought over 35 million copies world-wide and in 37 completely different languages.