The hilarious comedy-drama, written by Carl Grose and directed by Kyla Goodey, ran from July 4th-14th at United Downs Raceway near St Day in the heart of Cornwall’s mining country.

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Created within the rim of the stock car and banger racing circuit for the first-ever Cornwall-based production of the play – a critical hit when first aired on BBC Radio 4 in 2011.

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The Kneebone Cadillac features the hard-up Kneebone family siblings Slick, Dwight and Maddy, who have a mighty fall-out when their scrapyard-owning dad Jed shocks everyone by leaving his cherished 1958 Cadillac Eldorado to his only daughter.

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Rather than cash in the prized but broken-down auto – which may or may not have once belonged to Elvis Presley – feisty Maddy is determined to get it back on the road and take on all-comers in the United Downs Boneshaker stock car race.

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Ancient family feuds do not die quickly and soon Maddy’s dream of success in a male-dominated world sets the community on a collision course for chaos.

The Kneebone Cadillac’s wickedly funny Cornish dialogue, the troublemaking cast of characters and gritty post-industrial locale illuminate a side of Cornwall many miles from the picture-postcard cliché of the county.