"On encountering the enormous beast a sort of myopia descends on the viewer and you stop seeing the three performers it takes to operate the puppet. All you see is Joey."
Actually, when I saw it several years ago, all it took was a puppet-bird on a stick right at the start of the play. I could see the stick; I could see the man holding it. But it was a bird flying over the stage! Brilliant.
"War Horse – still one of British theatre’s most phenomenal creations"
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/sep/22/war-horse-review-the-lowry-salford?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Patrick Hadfield /
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2024-09-23 08:18:37
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