Hit West End play, War Horse, which uses life size hand spring puppets as made by the South African Handspring Puppet Company, is to transfer to Broadway next year.

War Horse will run at New York’s Lincoln Centre from 17 March 2011. It was first seen in London in 2007 and is currently at the New London Theatre until February 2011.

The theatre production is based on Michael Morpurgo’s book about a horse caught up in World War 1. War Horse is up for a Laurence Olivier award in March after being shortlisted for an audience award for most popular play. And Steven Spielberg has reportedly bought the film rights to the play.

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