HORSE PLAY
SPECTACULAR SHOW COMES TO CATHEDRAL AS PART OF CITY’S BIGGEST WEEKEND EVENT
A SPECTACULAR performance of War Horse will be held at Coventry Cathedral as part of BBC Biggest Weekend.
War Horse: The Story in Concert will be held at the Cathedral on Friday May 18, in the centenary year marking the end of the First World War.
With guest narrators including Simon Callow, it tells the emotionally-charged story of Joey, the young farm horse who finds himself taken from the calm of the English countryside and thrust into the horrors of the Western Front’s battlefields.
This performance features Adrian Sutton’s acclaimed score, composed originally for the National Theatre’s production of Michael Morpurgo’s tale.
It spent eight record breaking years in the West End, played in 11 countries around the world to over 7 million people, and now, the National Theatre’s acclaimed play is now touring the UK as part of its 10th Anniversary Tour.
At the outbreak of World War One, Joey, young Albert’s beloved horse, is sold to the Cavalry and shipped to France.
He’s soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary journey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man’s land. Albert, who remained on his parents’ Devon farm, cannot forget Joey.
Though still not old enough to enlist he embarks on a treacherous mission to find him and bring him home.