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War Horse wins Best Play at the Mousetraps!

War Horse was honoured to attend the the Mousetrap Awards last night and were thrilled to win BEST PLAY! The Mousetrap Award are run by Mousetrap Theatre Projects and award was voted for by 15-23 year olds. Alex Sims, Associate Director of War Horse collected the award, thanking the Mousetrap project for voting and for celebrating […]

War Horse Wins Award for Best Puppetry

The winners of the prestigious Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards were announced at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town last night. The much local anticipated event, celebrating its 50th anniversary We’re thrilled to announce that War Horse has won BEST PUPPETRY DESIGN and Handspring Trust for Puppetry Art has won the AWARD FOR INNOVATION IN […]

New War Horse Cast Begin Performances

Our new War Horse London cast celebrate their first performance tonight! View all the cast and their biographies in our gallery here. See the new cast, now playing at the New London Theatre, currently booking until February 2016.

Vote for Olivier Audience Award 2015

Vote War Horse for the This Morning Audience Award at the 2015 Olivier Awards. Announced on This Morning by Imelda Staunton, voting is now open until 5 March when four shortlisted shows will be announced. Vote here for War Horse!

War Horse is Bristol’s most successful play

War Horse has become the most successful play in Bristol’s history. Bristol Old Vic director Tom Morris, who originally directed the play in London, said: “I am thrilled that Bristol audiences have taken War Horse so powerfully to their hearts. Mr Morpurgo said: “I am not at all surprised that War Horse has broken all […]

3 Fleur Du Cap Award nominations for War Horse

The 50th annual South African Fleur du Cap Theatre Awards​ nominations have been announced and War Horse has been nominated 3 times. Best Lighting (Paule Constable) Best Costume Design (Rae Smith) And Best Puppetry Design (Handspring Puppet Company) The War Horse production which ran from October 2014 to January 2015 was a sell-out hit in […]

New War Horse London cast start rehearsals

Michael Mopurgo visited the new London company on their first day of rehearsals. Michael spoke with the cast about his inspiration for the book and what drove him to tell the story through a horse’s eyes. The cast will perform for the first time on March 16. See the photos here

FINAL WEEKS IN BRISTOL

Performances at our last UK Tour venue, Bristol Hippodrome must end 14 February. There is limited availability so book now for your last chance to see War Horse on tour.