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Curled up in the foetal position in the faraway corner of a hard floor, boxed in by a wall of white curtains which billow in the breeze with a hint of menace, who we presume to be a patient or an inmate slowly reveals himself to be an “overworked psychiatrist in a provincial hospital” sporting a beard-stroking look of curiosity mixed with doubt.

So begins director Ned Bennett’s stripped-back and…

OFF WEST END AWARD NOMINATIONS | EQUUS

Congratulations to the Equus team who have been nominated for not one, not two but six Off West End Awards!  Best Production Best Director - Ned Bennett Best Male Performance in a Play - Zubin Varla Best Male Supporting Role in a play - Ira Mandela Siobhan  Best Choreography /  Movement - Shelley Maxwell Best Lighting Design - Jessica Hung Han Yun

Make sure you get your tickets to see this super talented bunch in action!

MUST END 23 MAR 

EQUUS Fri 15 Feb - Sat 23 Mar 2019

Award-winning director Ned Bennett brings Peter Shaffer’s psychological thriller Equus to the stage in a bold new production.

When teenager Alan Strang’s pathological fascination leads him to blind six horses, psychiatrist Dr. Martin Dysart is tasked with uncovering the motive behind the boy’s violent act. As Dysart delves into Alan’s world of twisted spirituality, passion and sexuality, he begins to question his own sanity and motivations in a world driven by consumerism.

Equus is a co-production between UK Theatre Award winners English Touring Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East.

Fri 15 Feb - Sat 23 Mar 2019 Previews: Fri 15 - Wed 20 Feb

Tickets from £10 Age Guidance: 14+ (contains scenes some may find upsetting)

Sam Swann and Charlie and Sean Rigby as Moe. Photo Manuel Harlan

Think of your life as a conveyor belt. The metaphor works perfectly in all ways, not least the physical: you only do a circle of a journey most days, and it’s difficult to get off when you want to.

This is how I think of Alistair McDowall’s Pomona: it’s the play that pushes you out of the conveyor belt. If that’s true for all good…