Live Performance

Passion Plays are live performances of the Easter story and take place around the UK every year. In many countries around the world these live performances have a long and varied history.

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Stratford-on-Avon

November 27, 2023

By Passion Trust

Stratford-on-Avon A Passion Play will take place in Stratford-on-Avon at Easter 2024 performed by the Trinity Players. More information coming… Read More

Jesus is hung on the cross with two others in central Trafalgar Square, with fully costumed people looking up from the ground.

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Leicester

November 27, 2023

By Passion Trust

Leicester The Leicester Passion Play will take place at Easter 2024. More information coming soon. Read More

Roman soldiers raise the cross on which Jesus is crucified and a group of his followers and friends stand behind weeping.

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Edinburgh

November 27, 2023

By Passion Trust

Edinburgh The Edinburgh Passion Play will take place in Princes Street Gardens at Easter 2024. More information coming soon Read More

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Hereford

November 27, 2023

By Passion Trust

Hereford The Hereford Passion Play will take place in the nave of Hereford Cathedral on Friday 8 and Saturday 9… Read More

A cross with a circle of light around it.

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Bootle

November 27, 2023

By Passion Trust

Bootle The Bootle Passion Play will take place at Easter 2024. Experience the Easter story in Bootle Strand Shopping Centre.… Read More

A makeshift stage on the high street of York with people in medieval garb preparing for a live performance of the York Mystery Plays

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Censoring the Passion in early modern England

October 28, 2023

By Passion Trust

Did you know that Passion Plays were once heavily censored and publicly banned in England? Or that they were not… Read More

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Oxford

September 14, 2023

By Passion Trust

Oxford The Oxford Passion Play will take place on Holy Saturday, 30th March 2024 in Hinksey Park. The play… Read More

Text in gold with a round crown of thorns embedded in the text that reads 'Walled City Passion'

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Londonderry

September 14, 2023

By Passion Trust

Londonderry ‘Walled City Passion’ is a live performance reimagining the Easter story for a modern audience. It features promenade performances… Read More