Incredible War Horse puppet gets a tour of Newcastle ahead of Theatre Royal run of shows
It isn’t often you see an iconic piece of theatre culture while walking around the city centre.
However, this week saw pedestrians on Grey Street offered the chance to get close to the War Horse puppet throguhout the show’s run in Newcastle.
The puppet, which is operated by three people, was celebrating hitting the North East.
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War Horse, which was initially a noven written by Michael Morpurgo before being adapted into a stage play in 2007, started its run of shows at the Theater Royal on Wednesday, September 10 with shows running until this weekend.
The puppets are a promenant visual aspect of the show, and have become iconic parts of performance culture since their introduction.
The finished horse puppets weigh approximately 43 kilos for the body, including the puppeteers' backpacks, and another 7.7 kilos for the head.
It takes eight months to build a complete set of puppets for War Horse with the full set handmade by 14 craftspeople. War Horse has 23 puppets, including horses as well as a goose, two swallows and two crows. All the puppets were made bya specialist team in South Africa.
Tickets for War Horse’s remaining dates in Newcastle are available to buy through the Theatre Royal website.