War Horse comes galloping back
FOLLOWING eight record-breaking years in London’s West End and having played in 11 countries around the world to over 7m people, the National Theatre’s acclaimed play, War Horse, will stop at the Liverpool Empire on its UK tour from Wednesday, July 31 until Saturday, August 17.
At the outbreak of the First World War, 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.
Albert, who remained on his parents’ Devon farm, cannot forget Joey.
Though still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home.
Based on the muchloved novel by Michael
Morpurgo, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama, filled with stirring music and songs, is a show of phenomenal inventiveness
At its heart are astonishing life-sized horses by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage. War Horse is an unforgettable theatrical event which takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France.
The show contains loud sound FX, gunfire, flashing lights and strobe lighting.
Tickets, from £13, are available by calling the box office on 0844 871 3017 or by visiting www. atgtickets.com/venues/ liverpool-empire