Equus-ious Maximus

This was an amazing production of Equus at Trinity College Dublin! (Erin you would've loved it!)

Consensus so far is that it's the best some production some folks have seen in Dublin yet. I wouldn't go that far (mostly because I don't like to compare such different kinds of performance on a hierarchy), but it was very well done. It was an ensemble cast who were all on stage throughout. The fellow playing Alan was really committed and it paid off. The set was great. The lights were good, but a few of the actors had trouble staying in the light. Of course, that just made it better on some level because it reminded me that this was a student production and the roughness was okay because it had spirit.

Good uses of sounds, especially the cacophony sometimes created by the ensemble. And the horse headpieces were beautifully crafted out of metal; it curled to form the eyes and nostrils.

I forgot how amazing Peter Shaffer is as a playwright. And I forgot that his critique of religion carries into more works than just Amadeus. (Interesting note about the original production of Equus, Cy Coleman did the music for the cinema scene.)