Equus
Equus
Closed 2h 45m London: West End
94% 3 reviews
94%
(3 Ratings)
Positive
100%
Mixed
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Negative
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Members say
Absorbing, Entertaining, Great acting, Clever, Epic

About the Show

Ned Bennett directs an electric revival of Peter Shaffer's award-winning psychodrama.

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Critic Reviews (7)

The Arts Desk
July 16th, 2019

Lean and hungry brilliance in Ned Bennett's production of Peter Shaffer.
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Time Out London
July 16th, 2019

An exhilarating and disturbing production that always stays true to the thrust of Shaffer’s play...
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The Telegraph (UK)
July 15th, 2019

My over-riding feeling is that I’ve not seen a more richly achieved production at Trafalgar Studios since its conversion from the Whitehall in 2004. It’s perfect for that constricted main-stage, a boundless pleasure.
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The London Evening Standard
July 16th, 2019

Peter Shaffer’s 1973 play gets a potent, almost expressionist revival by director Ned Bennett, which is better than it deserves.
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The Times (UK)
July 16th, 2019

It’s a sweaty, sinewy, pulsing nightmare, a phantasmagoria of the dangers of repression and the potency of desire that grips and haunts the imagination.
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The Guardian (UK)
February 25th, 2019
For a previous production

Ned Bennett brilliantly directs the landmark 1973 play about a teenager who has blinded horses.
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The Stage (UK)
February 22nd, 2019
For a previous production

Bennett takes this carefully structured, well-written play and tries to make it fit with a visual aesthetic to which it’s not naturally suited – the effect is stark and striking, and really quite brilliant.
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