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War Horse: put your questions to the team behind the hit stage show

Written By Unknown on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 | 9:49 AM

This Friday, the writer Michael Morpurgo, director Tom Morris and designer Rae Smith will all be joining us for a War Horse webchat – ask them anything about the international hit show

"All that came into my head was pantomime horses. How could this be anything but ridiculous?" So thought Michael Morpurgo when it was suggested that what his first-world-war novel War Horse really needed to become a stage hit was lifesize equine puppets.

The result was, of course, anything but ridiculous. War Horse was a success at the National Theatre in 2007 and has since cantered around the world, enjoying a run on Broadway and winning a handful of Tony awards along the way. Joey, the production's leading horse, saluted the Queen on the South Bank during the diamond jubilee celebrations in 2012 and, last month, took a trip on the London Eye to celebrate the show's 2,000th performance in the capital. Around five million people worldwide have seen a production of the show.

War Horse will be broadcast from the New London theatre on 27 February 2014 as part of NT Live. The next day, we'll be hosting a webchat with novelist Michael Morpurgo, director Tom Morris and designer Rae Smith. War Horse will be the, ahem, mane attraction of conversation – but do ask about this trio's fascinating careers too.

Get your question in now by posting a comment, below, and join us here from 12.30pm GMT this Friday.