Equus at the Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre
You may never see a better production of Peter Shaffer’s eerily disturbing Seventies classic Equus – about a boy who blinds horses – than this one.
The show, at the Menier Chocolate Factory, features Maggie Smith‘s son Toby Stephens, alongside former Strictly contestant and Sherlock star Amanda Abbington.
It’s been a problem play for me in the past – the problem being that I’ve never found it particularly eerie… or disturbing.
But all that’s changed here, thanks to some truly riveting ensemble performances, led by Stephens as overworked, self-loathing psychiatrist Martin Dysart.
Dysart is experiencing what he calls
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