Photo Flash: London's WAR HORSE Celebrates 5th Anniversary!

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Since its early experimental days at The National Theatre Studio, War Horse has become a national and international phenomenon. It opened at the National's Olivier Theatre in October 2007 and transferred to the New London in March 2009. More than 1.6 million people have seen the show in London with over 2.4 million people seeing the production worldwide. A ten month, nine-venue tour of the UK and Ireland will begin in Autumn 2013; productions of the show are currently running in New York, Toronto and on a North American tour, with future productions planned for Australia and Berlin.

Nicholas Hytner, Director of The National Theatre said: "War Horse caught the imagination of audiences from its very first outing at the National, but none of us could have foreseen that this astonishing production would still be engendering the same heartfelt response five years later. It's a show which could only have been developed in the subsidised theatre, where the ability to risk-take and experiment is beyond price. I salute the hundreds of theatre-makers, puppeteers and artists who have been part of War Horse's remarkable journey."

Curtain Call

Marianne Elliott and Michael Morpurgo

Marianne Elliott and Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo

War Horse