Warhorse started its journey at the National Theatre in 2007 and hasn’t stopped growing since. The acclaimed production, based on the novel by Michael Morpurgo and adapted for stage by Nick Stafford, uses incredible puppetry to bring the simple story of Joey the horse to life. As a lover of all things horse I found this play totally mesmerising from start to finish – but perhaps more interestingly, so did my horse-indifferent partner who was at first resistant to watch a “bunch of puppets.” From every twitching ear, stomping of hooves, whinny and neigh it was possible to really feel the fear, love, anger and pain But this is no Punch and Judy show. The puppetry is totally brilliant and realistic, from every twitching ear, stomping of hooves, whinny and neigh it was possible to really feel the fear, love, anger and pain as Joey the horse did what was required of him. Though the horse puppets undoubtedly steal the show the smaller puppets also provide some much needed humour, including the inquisitive and angry goose – which chases any visitors with fierce loyalty – only to have every door on stage slammed in his face. The tale is a [...]