James Backway & More Will Step Into West End's War Horse This Spring
A new crop of actors and puppeteers will join the West End cast of War Horse beginning March 16. James Backway, a recent Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts alum who appeared in the National Theatre's New Views: Is There Wifi, will take on the central role of Albert at the New London Theatre. He replaces current star Jack Loxton. Based on the Morpurgo novel of the same name and adapted by Nick Stafford, Wa…