War Horse adds new tour dates including London Wimbledon

The National Theatre’s major new tour of War Horse has announced two new dates.

Based on Michael Morpurgo’s bestselling novel, the UK & Ireland tour began its run in September 2024 at New Wimbledon Theatre in London, and due to unprecedented demand is heading back there this year, running from 5 to 16 August 2025.

The tour is also adding the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham to its tour dates, running from 10 to 19 July 2025.

Tickets for Wimbledon and Birmingham go on sale at 10am on Friday 28 March.

Casting for this part of the tour is to be confirmed.

The show is currently at the Theatre Royal Glasgow from today (25 March 2025) to 5 April 2025. It then tours to Liverpool, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Bristol, Birmingham, London Wimbledon, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Cardiff, and Norwich.

War Horse, adapted by Nick Stafford and originally directed by Marianne Elliott and Tom Morris, has become the most successful play in the history of the National Theatre, winning more than 25 major awards and has been seen by over 8.3 million people worldwide. This new tour is co-produced with Michael Harrison, Fiery Angel, and Playing Field.

The cast of 35 features Rianna Ash (Joey/Topthorn head), Alexander Ballinger (Friedrich/Allan), Diany Bandza (Emilie/Baby Joey), Eloise Beaumont-Wood (Baby Joey), Ike Bennett (David Taylor/Thomas Bone), Haydn Burke (Billy Narracott/Heine/Klebb), Sophie Cartman (Matron Callaghan), Jo Castleton (Rose Narracott), Owen Dagnall (Geordie), Alexandra Donnachie (Joey/Topthorn head), Felicity Donnelly (Joey/Topthorn hind), Tom Gilbey (Sergeant Fine), Thomas Goodridge (Joey/Topthorn hind), Karl Haynes (Ted Narracott), Robin Hayward (Joey/Topthorn heart), Michael Larcombe (Joey/Topthorn hind), Matthew Lawrence (Joey/Topthorn head), Madeleine Leslay (Paulette/Sarah Carter), Jack Lord (Klausen), Damian Lynch (Carter/Strauss), Lewis McBean (Joey/Topthorn heart), Chris Milford (Joey/Tophorn heart), Jordan Paris (Baby Joey), Anne-Marie Piazza (Nell Allan/Schnabel), Tea Poldervaart (Joey/Topthorn head), Lucy Thorburn (Jenny Bone/Annie Gilbert), Gareth Radcliffe (Arthur Narracott/Sergeant Thunder), Daniel Rock (Captain Stewart/Ludwig), Tom Sturgess (Albert Narracott), Alistair So (Vet Martin), Simon Stanhope (Manfred), Gun Suen (Joey/Topthorn hind), Sally Swanson (The Singer), Chris Williams (Lieutenant Nicholls/Dr Schewyk) and Rafe Young (Joey/Topthorn heart).

The creative team of War Horse is led by Tom Morris, with revival director Katie Henry, and features reimagined designs by Rae Smith and additional music by Adrian Sutton.

Lighting design for the tour is by Rob Casey, with additional new lighting by UK design studio Ammonite. Animation and projection design by Nicol Scott for 59 Productions has been redesigned for this new production, the first since the show’s original debut.

Additional music is by Adrian Sutton, and puppet design and fabrication is by Adrian Kohler for Handspring Puppet Company. Movement and horse choreography is by Toby Sedgwick with puppet direction by Matthew Forbes. John Tams is songmaker and sound design is by Christopher Shutt. Casting is by Jill Green CDG. They are joined by associate designer Will Fricker and associate costume designer Johanna Coe; associate lighting designer Tom Turner; associate sound designer Rob Bettle, assistant sound designer Raffaela Pancucci, musical director Dom Coyote, voice coach Carol Fairlamb, dialect coach Rebecca Daltry, resident director Anna Marshall and assistant puppetry director Lewis Howard.

The tour of War Horse marks 110 years since the start of the First World War and follows the 40th anniversary of the publication of Michael Morpurgo’s global best-selling novel, which has now sold over 35 million copies worldwide and in 37 different languages.

The show is co-produced with Michael Harrison, Fiery Angel, and Playing Field.

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