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At Free-Rain Theatre Company we are committed to providing the community with one-of-a-kind performances for a variety of audiences. We operate out of the ACT Hub theatre in the Causeway Hall in Kingston, and also present our large musical productions at The Q – Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre. We are here to give you a unique and memorable show.
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Reviews - Equus
“Masterful, inventive, imaginative production …Jack Shanahan is riveting, offering a brave performance that requires him to perform naked for much of the second act…Arran McKenna shines in the demanding role of the psychiatrist, Martin Dysart…Sam Thomson… displays remarkable presence in the non-verbal role of the horse, Nugget, and his stablemates… it is the spectre of […]
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Taking the reins of troubled Alan's 'why-dunnit'
By HELEN MUSA.This article originally appeared in Canberra City News on 12 November. English actor Richard Griffiths once famously said of Peter Shaffer’s Equus: “It’s not a whodunnit. It’s a why-dunnit”. That’s because, right from the outset, we know that a troubled boy, Alan Strang, has committed a horrendous act of violence against six horses […]
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Horse power: Free-Rain unbridles Shaffer's Equus
By NICHOLAS FULLER.This article was originally published in the Canberra Daily website and Canberra Weekly magazine on 11 November 2025. Half a century ago, Peter Shaffer’s 1973 play Equus “shocked audiences everywhere”, to quote the tagline for Sidney Lumet’s film adaptation. It remains one of the most shocking works in modern theatre, one that “engages, provokes, and […]
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