{"id":1428,"date":"2019-06-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/war-horse-touring-australia-2020-so-grab-your-tissues\/"},"modified":"2019-06-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T00:00:00","slug":"war-horse-touring-australia-2020-so-grab-your-tissues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/stage\/war-horse-touring-australia-2020-so-grab-your-tissues\/","title":{"rendered":"War Horse Is Touring Australia In 2020 So Grab Your Tissues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>War Horse,<\/em> based on Michael Morpurgo\u2019s beloved novel, will return to Australia in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>With seasons at Regent Theatre, Melbourne from 10 January; Lyric Theatre, Sydney from 15 February; and Crown Theatre, Perth from 24 March, Australians on both sides of the country get the chance to experience this breathtaking production.<\/p>\n<p>The winner of more than 25 international awards, including the Tony Award for Best Play on Broadway, War Horse is directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>War Horse<\/em> tells the story of a young boy called Albert and his horse Joey, set against the backdrop of the First World War.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness, filled with stirring music and songs, featuring ground-breaking puppetry work by South Africa\u2019s Handspring Puppet Company, which brings breathing, galloping horses to life on stage.<\/p>\n<p>\n\n  <img data-original=https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/giphy-168.gif alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" \/>\n  <noscript><img src=https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/giphy-168.gif alt=\"\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" ><\/noscript>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Author Michael Morpurgo said: \u201c<em>War Horse<\/em> is galloping back to Australia. War Horse is not my story. It is a story of the horses and men who went from all over the world to the First World War.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cStories know no barriers. Distance does not matter. History does matter. This is a story of us, of all of us. This is why I am so so pleased that the National Theatre\u2019s uniquely wonderful play of <em>War Horse<\/em> is soon to be seen again in Australia.\u201c&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>War Horse<\/em> is presented in Australia by Lunchbox Theatrical Productions and the National Theatre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets on sale Friday 28 June at 4pm for Melbourne and Sydney at <a href=\"https:\/\/warhorseonstage.com.au\/\" target=\"_top\">warhorseonstage.com.au<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Images: Supplied \/ Brinkhoff Mo\u0308genburg.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prepare yourself.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":1430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-1428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stage"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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