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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ryan Gilbey

Sex dungeon cosplay comedy is just a bit too harmless – Horse-Play review

David Ames, Matt Lapinskas and Jake Maskall in Ian Hallard’s Horse-Play.
Not much to say … David Ames, Matt Lapinskas and Jake Maskall in Ian Hallard’s Horse-Play. Photograph: Danny Kaan

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a pigeon? No, it’s the superhero Stallion, in a tatty homemade mask that is far from equine. As Horse-Play begins, he is imprisoned in a subterranean lair by Villainor, having been lured there by the kidnapping of Butterfly, his trusty sidekick. “He’s very good, isn’t he?” notes Butterfly from the torture table when Villainor pops out. “He ought to be, the amount I’m paying him,” snorts Stallion.

This is actually Tim (David Ames) and Tom (Jake Maskall), a married couple spicing up their sex life with cosplay. But when an accident leaves them trapped in the dungeon with Villainor, AKA Karl (Matt Lapinskas), the stage is set for some homo-truths to be confronted.

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