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 EQUUS - UK & IRELAND TOUR 2012

  Equus by Peter Shaffer tours the UK and Ireland from 8 February - 4 July 2012


In a Hampshire stable, a youth blinds six horses with a metal spike.

Convicted of this appalling crime, seventeen-year-old Alan Strang is sent to a secure psychiatric hospital. Martin Dysart, the child psychiatrist assigned to him, begins to probe Alan’s past in an attempt to understand his motives. Initially the boy is silent and uncooperative, but as Dysart digs deeper, he gradually gains Alan’s trust and the truth begins to emerge.

As Alan struggles to be free of his demons, he must first relive the events of that terrible night.Inspired by a true story, Peter Shaffer’s unique psychological thriller explores the complex relationships between worship, myth and sexuality.

Following in the footsteps of the immense success enjoyed by the play’s West End revival in 2007, Shaffer’s powerful, absorbing drama will the tour the UK and Ireland in 2012, with a vibrant new ensemble breathing fresh life into his theatrical masterpiece.

Peter Shaffer was born in 1926. His award-winning plays include The Royal Hunt of the Sun (1964), Black Comedy (1965) and Amadeus (1979).  Equus won the Tony Award and New York Critics Circle Award for Best New Play in 1977.

Equus contains strong language, sexual themes and nudity .

 

 DATE VENUE/WEBSITE BOX OFFICE
 8-18 February Everyman Palace Theatre, Cork 00 353 21 450 1673
 22, 23 February Riverside Theatre, Coleraine 028 7032 3232
 24 February Market Place Armagh 028 3752 1821
 25 February Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen 028 6632 5440
 28, 29 February Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny 00 353 56 776 1674
 1-3 March Mill Theatre, Dundrum 00 353 01 296 9340
 6 March Source Arts Centre, Thurles 00 353 504 90204
 7 March Solstice Arts Centre, Navan 00 353 46 909 2300
 8-10 March Theatre at the Mill, Newtownabbey 028 9034 0202
 13-15 March Mumford Theatre, Cambridge 0845 196 2320
 16, 17 March Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds 01284 769505
 20-24 March Hull Truck Theatre 01482 323638
 27, 28 March South Hill Park, Bracknell 01344 484 123
 29-31 March Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury 01743 281281
 11 April Phoenix Theatre, Blyth 01670 367228
 12 April Alnwick Playhouse 01665 510785
 13, 14 April Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh 0131 665 2240
 17, 18 April Garter Lane Arts, Waterford 00 353 51 855038
 19-21 April Belltable Arts Centre, Limerick 00 353 61 319866
 24-28 April Coventry Belgrade Theatre 024 7655 3055
 1 May Palace Theatre, Mansfield 01623 633133
 2 May Castle, Wellingborough 01933 270007
 3-5 May Grove Theatre, Dunstable 01582 602080
 8-12 May Derby Theatre 01332 255800
 15 May Borough Theatre, Abergavenny 01873 850805
 16, 17 May Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton 01902 321321
 18 May Berry Theatre, Eastleigh 01489 799 499
 19 May Bridport Arts Centre 01308 424204
 21-26 May Cheltenham Everyman 01242 572573
 29 May Stamford Arts Centre 01780 763203
 30 May Guildhall, Grantham 01476 406158
 31 May - 2 June Middlesbrough Theatre 01642 815181
 6 June Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon 01874 611622
 7 June Coliseum, Aberdare 08000 147 111
 8, 9 June The Theatre, Chipping Norton 01608 642350
 12-23 June New Vic, Newcastle-under-Lyme 01782 717962
 26-30 June Greenwich Theatre, London 020 8858 7755
 2-4 July Hawthorne Theatre, Welwyn Garden  City 01707 357117

 


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