MELKSHAM Assembly Hall, in conjunction with National Theatre Live, is set to screen The National Theatre’s original stage production of ‘War Horse’, broadcast live from London’s West End on Thursday 27th February.
Since its first performance at the National Theatre in 2007, ‘War Horse’ has become an international smash hit, capturing the imagination of four million people around the world.
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel and adapted for the stage by Nick Stafford, ‘War Horse’ takes audiences on an extraordinary journey from the fields of rural Devon to the trenches of First World War France.
Filled with stirring music and songs, this powerfully moving and imaginative drama is a show of phenomenal inventiveness. At its heart are astonishing life-size puppets by South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company, who bring breathing, galloping, charging horses to thrilling life on stage. This is a fantastic opportunity to see this innovative and highly acclaimed theatre production beamed live into Melksham’s Assembly Hall. It is particularly poignant that it is being broadcast in 2014 which marks the centenary of the commencement of the Great War, and the screening will complement the various commemorative events and activities that are being arranged in the town.
Tickets to see National Theatre Live: The National Theatre’s original stage production of ‘War Horse’ are priced at just £10 and are available from Melksham Assembly Hall, tel: 01225 709887 or the tourist information centre, tel: 01225 707424.
