Award-winning director Steven Spielberg and the cast of War Horse, including Emily Watson, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston, have captured our hearts as they took time out from the glitz and glamour of the film’s London premiere to commemorate forgotten war horses.
War Horse fans eagerly anticipating the film’s nationwide launch this weekend can get up close with some of its original costumes and props when they go on public display for the first time at the National Army Museum this week.
Today sees the launch of an exclusive partnership between the War Horse: Fact & Fiction exhibition and the family history website Ancestry.co.uk.
Now playing to packed theatres on both sides of the Atlantic, the National Theatre’s remarkable production of War Horse shows no signs of slowing down. In fact it’s going from strength to strength with new shows to be staged in Canada and Australia and with talks under way about a Japanese production.
Don’t miss your chance to win two tickets to the UK Premiere of Steven Spielberg’s hotly-anticipated new film, ‘War Horse’, starring Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan, Benedict Cumberbatch and Tom Hiddleston.
The stars were out last night at the world premiere of Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, a film adaptation of Michael Morpurgo’s critically-acclaimed novel.
Budding artists of all ages and abilities have been picking up their colouring pencils and exercising their imaginations as part of the National Army Museum’s War Horse: Fact & Fiction exhibition.
After 20 years, Michael Morpurgo reveals the hidden truth behind the opening lines of his hugely popular novel War Horse, in a warm and humorous interview with Clare Balding.
Whether you’re a fan of the book, play or film; if you’ve already seen the exhibition or are still planning your visit; or if you have a personal connection to the subject matter, we’d love to hear what you have to say.
Horse-hoof ashtrays: A tasteful tribute to our noble steeds?
Pip Dodd, curator of the War Horse: Fact & Fiction exhibition, describes the rather unusual tradition of turning horses’ hooves into ashtrays and inkwells.
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