War Horse Reviews

Sara from Birmingham

ASTONISHING

You wouldn't initially think it, but the actors controlling the puppets disappear, and you're left watching a real horse and even begin to develop an attachment to Joey. It really is a moving, powerful piece of theatre!

Marilyn & Keith Felstead from Devon UK

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING EMOTIONALLY MOVING THEATRE !!

The acting was superb,especially Ted Narracott played by Andy Murray who held us spellbound! The horses become real and the stage setting was brilliant Seating is comfortable in this intimate theatre. Would really recommend it for a great evening out in new York. NOT TO BE MISSED!!!

NYC/London from New York

LONDON 5 STARS, NYC 3 STARS

The London show which I've also seen is 5 stars, bar none. But this review is of the NYC production which is not the same show at all. Instead of authentic British accents and the spellbinding voice of the songman, we instead get sometimes unconvincing accents and a broadway-esque sounding songman with none of the character to his voice as the original. There was far less focus on the horses and my favorite, the goose, memorable scenes which were so powerful in the London original to bring me to tears were clipped and emotionless. Why on earth did they replace the wonderful scenes which were completely in german and french with 100% english, albeit in a laughable Hogan Hero's type accent. It seemed like so much emphasis was placed on the literal story that the somewhere along the way the magic was lost. That said, the puppetry was still amazing and worth seeing, and certain actors were just as good as the original-- the boy Albert, his father and mother and the captain were favs.

Charlie from New York

THE HORSES BEAR THE BURDEN ALONE

Though the puppetry is astonishing and the horses indeed bring great emotion to the stage, this is a cool enterprise. What might've been a surprising, moving, fast-paced one-act runs, alas, for almost three hours. And despite two, perhaps three, strong performances by the actors, there's a stage full of performers who do nothing with the nothing they're given to do. The audience tonight was clearly intrigued by the design and staging but ultimately seemed unmoved since, in the end, this is a one-trick pony. The company took, but did not earn, five bows.

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