| AT A GLANCE | THE PLAY | CAST AND CREDITS |
| Abhimanch, 9.30pm, Sat, 16 Jan English, 150 minutes Concept and Direction: Vikram Iyengar Playwright: Peter Shaffer |
Equus is an intriguing exploration of normalcy and insanity, passion and pain, worship and religion. The play delves into the mind of 17-year old Alan Strang, a boy with a strange fascination for horses, who blinds six of these animals in an inexplicable fit. Through a series of encounters with a psychiatrist, we come face to face with more questions than answers. What is normal? What is worship? What is passion? What is individuality? Can what is accepted as ‘normal’ behaviour in a society smother a far more spirited and passionate way of being? Consciously placing itself on the edge, the play aims to question whether such a world makes any sense; to discover why such a world has come into existence; and also to ask if it is possible to imagine any other world – one in which we believe and, therefore, create rather than the other way round. | Frank Strang, Horse, Customer, Priest: Amlan Chaudhuri Dr. Margaret Dysart: Daminee Mukherjee Nurse, Horse, Customer: Debosmita Roychoudhury Dora Strang, Horse, Customer: Jayati Chakraborty Jill, Horse, Priest: Indudipa Sinha Horseman, Horse, Customer, Priest: Rhea Das Allan Strang: Shadab Kamal Harold Salomon, Henry Dalton, Horse, Customer: Tanmay Dhanania Equus, Priest: Vikram Iyengar Original Music: Neel Adhikari Violonist: Robin Lai Sound Control: Katy Roy Speech Workshops – Katy Roy Stage Design: Sukanya Ghosh Light Design: Sudip Sanyal Costume Design: Katy Roy, Dana Roy Properties Management: Jayati Chakraborty, Indudipa Sinha Production: Amlan Chaudhuri, Jayati Chakraborty, Debashree Bhattacharya Choreography and Movement: Vikram Iyengar, Amlan Chaudhuri |