Equus

Troupe – Jester Productions
Directed by – Daniel D’Souza
Cast - Daniel D’Souza, Eammon Ennis

On Friday, amidst the hopping over at friends place, when we reached at Rangashankara 3:30,I found it almost empty. Only to realize that the 3:30 show was for Saturday, and not Friday. We return on a Saturday evening for almost a packed show.

When you see the psychiatrist rambling about the horse and the boy’s unexplained proximity and obsession, it sounds vague and obscure. Now for the next about an hour, the play takes you back to what all happened before that in a flash back mode. Then it completes the cycle and brings the play to the present to-day status and carries on. Then everything appears cohesive and linked. Excellent performance by the cast, minimal pseudo acting, minimal forced attempts to show style. The play weaves a great and intense narrative into an thought provoking act.

Also the play indulges into quite a lot of issues of conflict on morality, religion, sexual preferences and the parenting. A play which requires the needed sensibility and background to appreciate the subject.