Stories from Cornwall brought to life in new Michael Morpurgo play

White Horse is based on beloved book and explores importance of place, family, home and belonging

The stories about life in Cornwall have flowed in: the hairdresser who gives everyone the same style because it copes best with the elements; the teacher who took a snowball in a cool box to the Isles of Scilly: the cat who follows the same routine as a country singing legend.

Over the last five years, scores of such tales have been painstakingly collected and blended into a new play called White Horse that reimagines a beloved book by one of the great chroniclers of south-west England, Michael Morpurgo.