War Horse at the National Theatre - too much for a 7 year old?

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DS1 (10) wants to go to see this. It says for children 10+ - would it be too upsetting for a (sensitive) 7 year old?

(I haven't read the book, but presume there are upsetting killing/death scenes?)

I don't think I would take a 7 yr old - esp if there are sensitive. It's pretty emotional and really aimed at older children. I'm hoping it will stay o for a couple of years until ds1 is about 11.

Oh please don't take him! It was nearly too much for my 13 year old - she is still talking about it nearly 6 months later!

Great thanks - I suspected as much (it's obviously rated 10/12 for a reason)

I might see if I can take DS1 & a friend instead.

And take DS2 to soemthing soft and fluffy instead

My 13 year old tried to tell her 8 year old brother about it and after the first few sentences he said "I don't want to hear any more!"

I was just going to say tell your dd waterproof mascara is a must then saw you have a ds, so probably superfluous advice!

I want to go and see it as I love Michael M's writing but got in such a weepy state looking at the trailer on the website when I was booking tickets that I decided not to go!

is this still on at the national?
What did you all think?

This is no longer on at the National, it moved to the West End, if you Google you can find which theatre.

I was going to ask about this for a mature 9 year old. DS1 has wanted to see it for years, but we never got round to it. It's touring where we live to coincide with DS1's 14th birthday, but I don't think we could take him without DS2.

I've read Butterfly Lion to them (it was one of DS1's classroom books a couple of years ago), but always start to cry at the sad bits.

If you want an idea of how amazing the puppetry is in this show, check out this video: