Equus

By Peter Shaffer

 "Equus the Godslave, Faithful and True. Into my hands he commends himself - naked in his chinkle-chankle."

 Martin Dysart, an overworked psychiatrist, reluctantly takes on a shocking case: a seventeen-year- old stableboy who has blinded six horses with a metal spike.

 The boy, Alan Strang, is surly and introverted, answering every question with a jingle from a TV advert. Through patient discussion with Alan, and his distraught parents, Dr Dysart gradually pieces together the truth about the boy’s childhood and his strange fascination with horses. As their therapy progresses, Alan must finally relive the events of that terrible night, while Dysart in turn confronts the existential crisis in his own life.

 Peter Shaffer’s haunting drama makes inventive use of the stage, actors and masks to conjure up real and abstract scenes, memories and dreams, while his story raises questions about the place of humanity, animals and gods, the mundane and the spiritual, in modern society.

 This amateur production of "Equus" is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH LTD.

 Contains strong language, nudity, disturbing scenes, flashing lights and smoking.