Short documentry about War Horse

This film reflects on the history of horses in battle from 3000BC to the present day, including their role in the French Revolution and notably World War I, the setting for War Horse.

This pack documents the process of being War Horse to the stage and includes interviews with the cast as well as an overview of the creative process.

A timeline on the use of horse power during the First World War.

This is a lesson plan that for teaching the First World War with interesting facts, images and exercises.

In July 2012 the puppet makers from the Handspring Puppet Company, creators of the War Horse puppets, visited London to see the show for the first time.

See inside the workshop of the Handspring Puppet Company and discover how they make all the puppets for the show.

Handspring Puppet Company demonstrate the horse puppets on the stage

Find out how the show was created

Michael Morpurgo reads the first chapter of Warhorse

Michael Morpurgo tells the story of how he came to write War Horse