Media coverage of 2023 Passion Plays

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What did the newspapers say?

Edinburgh Passion Play

Edinburgh’s Scottish Field reported on members of the Antonine Guard who joined the Edinburgh Passion Play in their free performance of the Easter story in Princes Street Gardens on Easter Saturday 

You can read the full article here.

Jesus stands with his hands held out and two Roman soldiers with red cloaks, helmets and spears stand on either side of him. In the background are the rooftops of Edinburgh city.

 

Nottingham Passion Play

The Church Times featured the Nottingham Passion Play on their front page and included an article titled ‘Visible and Invisible’. You can read the theatre review here following on from this first paragraph:

JAMES PACEY has been refining his Passion play since 2011. Its first incarnation, The Newark Passion, was followed by The Cambridge Passion, The Hucknall Passion, and other stagings, a pedigree that rapidly secured two sell-out performances last weekend

Front page of the Church Times with a small image from the Nottingham Passion Play and a large image of an icon.

 

Stafford Passion Play

In Your Area featured the Stafford Passion Play before the free performances held over the Holy Week of Easter.

This Easter, the streets of Stafford will be filled with crowds, laughter and raw emotion as the Passion of Jesus visits the county town.At the invitation of Love Stafford, there will be four open-air performances of Saltmine Theatre Company’s highly acclaimed contemporary Passion Play.

Jesus wears contemporary costume and walks down the high street in Stafford with his hands tied behind him and two men in ceremonial dress marching before him with drums. A crowd of people are following them.

 

Other Newspaper Articles

You can read more of the newspaper articles and media coverage on our website here or click the image below.

Three headlines from newspapers that covered Passion Plays in 2023 and an image of Jesus flanked by Roman Soldiers from the Edinburgh Passion Play.