War Horse: Just how do they make Joey and Topthorne so realistic?

The National Theatre’s most successful production to date WAR HORSE is going on tour. Here, Everything Horse journalist, Katie Gilmour sits down with the Director of Puppetry Matthew Forbes to find out just how they make such magic on the stage. Many will have seen the National Theatre’s incredible version of Michael Morpurgo’s best selling novel, War Horse. Morpurgo’s book sold over 35 millions copies worldwide in 37 languages, telling the incredibly important story of horses in the First World War. Between 2005 and 2007, the National Theatre put together…

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