Equus Review

Ada a member from the e-w.net forum has sent us a wonderful review of Equus, she saw this production 4 days before the final day and here is what she said about this wonderful play:

I scraped the funds together to ship my self (albeit unfortunately temporarily) to London to visit family, and see a little play called Equus! So I left at the end of May and when I arrived I was extremely pumped. I had my hair done, my "Equus" dress picked out, and I was prepared (hopefully), to be able to speak to Daniel Radcliffe if possible. The first few days I recovered from jetlag, hung out, and did some shopping. River Island, Top Shop, and Neiman Marcus are definetly top on my list. Anyways, I saw Equus the Wednesday before it closed on June the 9th.

The day I went was amazing. I sat in my seat (stage/stable), and I waited for it to begin. I kept shifting my bum in my seat, I couldn't sit still! A few girls behind me were the same so I know I wasn't the only one suffering from "OMG, Daniel Radcliffe is gonna be in front of me" syndrome! So the first time Dan comes out as Alan Strang (as you probably know), he screams television jingles. Thing is though, the first 10 minutes, I don't even know if my mouth was open, but I couldn't....I mean he was right in front of me! I was shaken like a leaf and frozen as ice at the same time. I mean, guys, he was right in front of me. If I stood up, took 3-4 long strides I would have been in front of him totally. That was something I had to get my head around. I'm grateful to my body for not making some loud squeak of pleasure or sobbing like a baby or anything ridiculous. I kept my wits about me thanks very much, I did.

I liked when Alan and Jill were watching porn, and they get caught, and he turns to the audience (not exactly my way but in the vicinity of where Emma Watson and Katie Leung were seated, more on that later), and says F****! LMAO! The dialogue/relationship between Alan and Dr. Dystart was really fun to watch. I liked their back and forth....it was almost like verbal sparing between them. The story is not just about the Alan/Jill scene (although truely, the whole way through it was a very touching thing to see), the play haf much to offer I assure you.

There is this scene at the end of Act One where Alan is riding Nugget and says something like "free....make us one person" I bloody can't remember the words but the intention and emotion to it was enough, and very mindblowing. Ok, anyone who says he can't act can kiss my sweet ass because HE CAN. He was unbelivable in it. The Scene where Alan and Jill attempt to consumate their relationship was pretty...well IMO it was only hot briefly. The lighting was alright, but I mean you could see their skin. Dr. Dystart is watching in the corner with his hands in his pocket and he has this look on his face....wow. Anyways because as he is unable to consumate with her, and he so badly wants to, so he jumps up and blinds the horses. It was honestly a disturbing scene. The horses are basically actors wearing all black and they have these metal/wire whatever they were made of, heads , with glowing eyes....to be honest, they were sometimes creepy looking. And the noises they made....it seriously sends shivers down your spine. They had to move these blocks around at times with scenes (a girl mentioned it on a video on youtube), and they did look a bit heavy! Um I can't think of anything else to say on the play other then it was the best one I've ever seen in my life. Better then Phantom of the Opera (which I love with all my heart), and Hairspray, and Jesus Christ Superstar. It just was unbelievable.

So because I had cramps, I went staight to collapse after the play. Then I went another day to hopefully have a word with Dan. I got a good spot, I was in the front row, so I felt sure I would be seen. So I couldn't speak and as He got closer to me I feared my sudden muteness, would slash my experience of a lifetime to talk to Dan however long I could. So I sucked in a breath, open my mouth, and the first thing that came out of it, I could swear was not what was on my mind. I just blurted "do you have any Idea how gorgeous you are?" Now guess what? He blushed! That's right, I got him to blush! He said thanks after he blushed LOL! He's English of course, and he's got the manners, so he said in full "Thank you very much indeed." YAY! Then I told him I'd travelled from North America to see him and he had a look of amazement. Are people around him brainwashing him or something? Does he not know many fans will do whatever the hell they have to do to see him? LOL. Anyways, so he said thanks and I beamed at him, and he looked at me back. He actually makes eye contact with everyone he talks too it's amazing. And he got around to everyone before he slipped back inside, his bodyguard beside him. Best day of my bloody life.



Thanks Ada, you are a wonderful Fan!!!