• Venue : Melbourne Arts Centre - State Theatre


• Duration : 2 hours 40 minutes including intermission


• Schedule :
  - Previews :
     Sunday 23 December - Sunday 30 December
  
  - Opening Night :
     Monday 31 December
  
  - Season :
     Wednesday 2 January - Sunday 10 February, 2013

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United Kingdom (UK) Performances

• Venue : New London Theatre, Drury Lane London


• Performance Times :
  - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday evenings - 7.30 pm
  - Tuesday early evenings - 7 pm
  - Thursday and Saturday matinees - 2.30 pm
  
  - Extra family matinees :

  Tue 21 Feb 2012 - 2 pm
  Tue 10 Apr 2012 - 2 pm
  

• Duration : 2 hours 40 minutes including intermission

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United States (US) Performances

• Venue : Lincoln Center Theater at the Vivian Beaumont, New York


• Performance Times :
  - Monday - DARK
  - Tuesday - 7 pm
  - Wednesday - 2 pm / 8 pm
  - Thursday - 8 pm
  - Friday - 8 pm
  - Saturday - 2 pm / 8 pm
  - Sunday - 3 pm
  
  
• Duration : 2 hours 40 minutes including intermission

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Canada Performances

• Venue : Princess of Wales Theatre, 300 King Street West, Toronto


• Performance Times :
  - Tuesday - 7:30 pm
  - Weds - 1:30 pm, 7:30 pm
  - Thurs - 7:30 pm
  - Fri - 7:30 pm
  - Sat - 1:30 pm, 7:30 pm
  - Sun - 1:30 pm
  
  
• Duration : 2 hours 40 minutes including intermission

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War Horse, one of the most sought-after stage shows of the current era, is coming to Arts Centre Melbourne.

Admired by critics and audiences alike, War Horse will be staged at Arts Centre Melbourne's State Theatre, opening in December 2012, with tickets going on sale in early 2012.

Nick Stafford's stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's book, War Horse is a magnificent drama which tells the heart wrenching story of Joey, the beloved horse of a boy called Albert, who is sold to the cavalry at the outbreak of World War I 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.

At its heart are astonishing life-size puppets strong enough for men to ride, created by South Africa's Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to life on the stage. Life size horses traverse the stage, their flanks, hides and sinews built of steel, leather and aircraft cables. Actors, working with these astonishing, life-sized puppets, will lead Australian audiences on an emotionally-charged journey through history.

Directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, War Horse is designed by Rae Smith, with puppet design and fabrication by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company, lighting by Paule Constable, and movement and horse choreography by Toby Sedgwick; the puppetry directors are Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, with video design by Leo Warner and Mark Grimmer, songmaker John Tams, music by Adrian Sutton and sound by Christopher Shutt.


"Theatrical magic! Watching Joey take on substance and soul before our eyes is thrilling!" -
New York Times

"The theatre event of the decade." - Sunday Times (UK)