The West End production of War Horse will close in 2016 after a seven-year run.
The National Theatre production – the most successful in the theatre’s history – is currently running at New London Theatre on Drury Lane, where its last performance will be held on March 12 2016.
By then the show is based on Michael Morpurgo's novel of the same name and tells the story of Joey, a horse who serves in World War I.
By the time it closes it will have played over 3,000 performances and been seen by more than 2.7million people.
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The National Theatre's artistic director, Rufus Norris, announced the show's closure.
He told The Guardian: "We could keep it going for longer, we could put a new cast in and drag it out, but our subsidy is to make work here and to reach out to audiences around the country."
The production will begin a UK tour in 2017.
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