Article: The West Australian, Tuesday May 2nd, 2009

McInnes Rides into Town for Equus

Australian actor William McInnes will play the lead role in the first Perth production of Peter Shaffer’s provocative play Equus in more than 30 years. 
   
The WAAPA-trained McInnes will play psychiatrist Martin Dysart, whose sessions with a disturbed stable boy takes the form of a detective thriller as he explores various sexual, religious and social taboos. 
   
Rising Australian star Khan Chittenden (Packed to the Rafters) will play the youth Alan Strang, a role for which Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe recently dropped his pants on Broadway. 
   
The Perth Theatre Company has billed the September 12-26 season at Majesty’s Theatre a “southern hemisphere” exclusive because the rights to Equus are tightly guarded and it has not been professionally produced outside London or New York for three decades. The play was last seen in Perth in 1975. 
   
McInnes, who filmed The Shark Net in Perth in 2002, said he was thrilled to be coming back to take on one of the most significant roles in contemporary theatre. 
   
“His Majesty’s is a wonderful venue and I’m really looking forward to working with all the mob at the Perth Theatre Company to bring this great piece of theatre to as many people of Perth as possible.” 
   
STEPHEN BEVIS