A world-renowned theatre production is making its grand return to Bristol in 2025

A world-renowned theatre production is making its grand return to Bristol in 2025

Posted on: 11 Apr 2024

The National Theatre’s acclaimed global phenomenon play War Horse is returning next year for an all-new tour of the UK and Ireland.

 

War Horse will run at The Bristol Hippodrome from Tuesday 3 until Saturday 21 June 2025.

 

Based on the book of the same name by Michael Morpurgo, this unforgettable theatrical experience takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the mud and horrors of First World War France, using astonishing life-sized horse puppets – do not miss this remarkable story of courage, loyalty and friendship.

 

Tickets go on sale soon for this one, secure yours HERE.

 

 

At the outbreak of the First World War, Joey, the beloved horse of young Albert, is sold into the Cavalry regiment and shipped off to France. He’s soon on the battlefield and caught up in enemy fire.

 

Fate takes Joey on an extraordinary journey as he serves on both sides before finding himself alone, stranded 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 Joey and bring him home.

 

From the mind of Michael Morpurgo and adapted by writer Nick Stafford and director Tom Morris, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is filled with stirring music and phenomenal inventiveness.

 

At the heart of the piece are astonishing life-sized horses from South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping charging horses to thrilling life on stage. Returning to Bristol for the first time since 2017,

 

As well as Bristol, War Horse’s brand-new tour will drop by venues in Wimbledon, Sunderland, Oxford, Woking, Stoke, Glasgow, Liverpool and Milton Keynes across 2024 and 2025.

 

 

War Horse will run at The Bristol Hippodrome from Tuesday 3 until Saturday 21 June 2025 with tickets on sale soon – head to the ATG website to secure yours.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.