Equus is one of those shows you've probably heard about: a teenage boy is accused of injuring a stable of horses...oh and there's nudity! That's all I knew about it for years, but I finally read the darn thing, and it's a really good script. And director Doug Finlayson and his cast at HotCity do a fine job with a very fine play. This isn't a fluff piece. It's serious and raw and creepy and sad and smart. It asks questions about worship and who our idols are, about what it means to be civilized, about parenting, about sex, about marriage, about love. But I do believe you'll be glad you stuck with it...and not just for the nudity. The young man, Alan Strang, played by Drew Pannebecker, is accused of blinding six horses, and a therapist Martin Dysart, played by James Anthony, is begged to take on the case, to find out why, to help ease the boy's obvious pain. And while Dysart tries to understand this boy, he makes some realizations about himself. And the horses. Let me mention the horses. They're played beautifully by two human actors  (Michael Perkins and Brian Jones) donning imaginative horse heads and hooves. They alone are worth the price of admission. If you want to be spoon-fed something light and simplistic, this is not for you. But if you'd like to bring a few smart friends to a smart piece of theatre and talk about it for days afterward, you've come to the right stable. To find out more about HotCity, click HERE.