Equus review – desire and desperation in Peter Shaffer’s tale of sex, gods and horses
Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonLindsay Posner’s precise revival flies highest in its most intense moments of beastliness as a psychiatrist sets about ridding a teenage boy of his demons Desperation seeps out of Peter Shaffer’s 1973 tale of sex, gods and horses. Lindsay Posner revives Equus with precision, as absolute power shifts, homoerotic desire grows and the muscular allure of a stallion becomes irresistible…