PoM pOm
by Pamela Allen
Patch Theatre
Odeon Theatre
Reviewed by Murray Bramwell
It is often said that young people deserve the best theatre. And yet, just as often, they end up with the very opposite. Not only have we seen a reduction in the amount of work on offer in all age ranges in the past five years, but, seemingly, there has been a failure of nerve by performing companies desperate to compete with Sony Playstations and the global …
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Equus
by Peter Shaffer
State Theatre South Australia
Optima Playhouse
Reviewed by Murray Bramwell
Peter Shaffer wrote Equus several years after a friend told him about a crime committed by a young man. The friend knew none of the particulars, only that a stable had been invaded and horses had been mutilated. Shaffer’s informant died some months after and the playwright was unable to find out anything further. The image stayed in his mind, though, and he wrote an …
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