However, just like Joey in both the play and Spielberg’s film version, he can be as stubborn as a mule. “It’s a balance that you’re having between whether you’re in control of Joey or Joey is ...

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LOS ANGELES — Michael Morpurgo is refreshingly frank about his initial reaction to having puppets — granted, gargantuan, galloping puppets — play the horses in the stage version of his children’s ...

To bring the story of "War Horse" to the stage, it was necessary to create convincing likenesses of horses. The British company behind the play turned to the Handspring Puppet Company of South Africa ...

Tom Morris, or more to the point, Tom Morris' mother, rescued Michael Morpurgo's young-adult novel "War Horse" from obscurity and set it on course to become the most popular new play of the 21st ...

War Horse use real horses, but a couple of particularly animal-unfriendly scenes required the use of animatronics. Wired.co.uk discovers how special effects company Neil Corbould SFX, which has ...

There was a bang on the doors of the Granada Avenue Gym in Derry Twp. When they opened, a red horse trotted out onto the floor to the stares of about 200 people. It galloped along and neighed, ...

Few things have captured the imagination of theatergoers as much as the 120 pounds of bent cane, aluminum, leather, bicycle break cables and sheer fabric that three puppeteers bring to life as the ...

The day after the Tony Awards ceremony and Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler, creators of the puppetry that’s at the heart and spirit of Lincoln Center’s acclaimed “War Horse,” were exhausted but ...

For a time, the "p" word was one to be avoided. Call it "object theatre," perhaps. Just not puppets, lest quick judgments be made. But in 1981, at the birth of Handspring Puppet Company, founders ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) - The first lady of Dallas and some Dallas police officers got into the act at last night's performance of "War Horse" at the AT&T Performing Arts Center. The central character of ...