Equus (Free-Rain Theatre Company) - Review
DYSART: That's what his stare has been saying to me all this time: 'At least I galloped - when did you?' The cast of Equus . Credit: Janelle McMenamin Equus is a play by Peter Schaffer; one that carries with it immense prestige. Like a sort of taboo haunt, this play is one that is discussed frequently, yet eludes staging in a community setting due to the immense demands it makes of both its audiences, and the creatives that would hope to present it. A play of personal theology, how it clashes with psychiatry's understanding of it, and the effects this conversation can have on the personal state of affairs of all involved dialogues, it is no easy piece to digest, let alone present. Director Anne Somes has succeeded, with a triumphant vision that is determinable and impressive in its scope, presenting a simultaneously mythological, yet godless, work of drama that pulled from its crowd all the murmurs and whispers and left in its wake a foreboding silence that foll...