Full cast announced for Menier Chocolate Factory’s major revival of Peter Shaffer’s EQUUS
The Menier Chocolate Factory has announced full casting for Lindsay Posner’s major revival of Peter Shaffer’s Equus, which plays at the London venue from 8 May-4 July ahead of a run at Theatre Royal Bath from 14-25 July.
Joining the previously announced Toby Stephens as Dr. Martin Dysart are Amanda Abbington ((This is not a) Happy Room, King’s Head Theatre) as Hesther Salomon, Bella Aubin (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Bridge Theatre) as Jill Mason, Emma Cunniffe (The Importance of Being Earnest, Royal Exchange) as Dora Strang, Paula James (The Three Little Pigs, Unicorn Theatre/Chichester Festival Theatre) as Nurse, Colin Mace (Arcadia, The Old Vic) as Frank Strang, Ed Mitchell (Hamlet, RSC) as Nugget/Young Horseman, David Rubin (The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Chichester Festival Theatre) as Dalton, and Noah Valentine (Noughts and Crosses, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) as Alan Strang, with Luke Hodkinson, Aristide Lyons, Zach Parkin, Tommi Sutton and Moses Ward.
What prompts a 17-year-old boy to blind six horses? This is the challenge presented to psychiatrist Martin Dysart as he delves into the psyche of his young patient Alan Strang to search for the answers and at the same time questioning whether the cure is more dangerous than the crime. Peter Shaffer's brilliantly intriguing award-winning play is now considered a modern masterpiece.
The production is directed by Lindsay Posner, with set and costume design by Paul Farnsworth, lighting by Paul Pyant, music and sound by Adam Cork, and movement direction by James Cousins.