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This episode discusses the theatrical experiences of 'Equus' and 'War Horse', exploring their themes and productions.

This episode, we're talking horses - but in two very different theatrical experiences. Natalie reviews Peter Shaffer's psychological masterpiece Equus at the Menier Chocolate Factory, while Darren heads to the National Theatre for the long-awaited homecoming of the global phenomenon War Horse. Equus What could drive a seemingly ordinary seventeen-year-old boy to commit an act of shocking violence against six horses? That's the question at the heart of Peter Shaffer's modern classic Equus, now revived at the Menier Chocolate Factory in a gripping new production directed by Lindsay Posner. As psychiatrist Martin Dysart attempts to understand his young patient Alan Strang, the investigation becomes something far more profound than a search for motive. The deeper Dysart digs, the more he is forced to confront his own beliefs about passion, normality, worship and what it truly means to live a fulfilled life. Natalie discusses whether this powerful revival still packs the same psychological punch that has made Equus one of the most celebrated plays of the twentieth century, and why its questions remain as provocative today as when it first premiered. War Horse Nearly twenty years after…

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