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February 17, 2022
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Logo for the Oxford Passion Play: a sword and a red outlined cross, with words circling them saying 'And a sword shall pierce your soul.'
A poster with a brightly coloured background and shining sun. Words in white read 'And a sword shall pierce your soul. Oxford Community Passion Play 2022'.

The Oxford Passion Play will take place on 15 April 2022 at St Matthew’s Church.

The Oxford Community Passion Play is an opportunity to celebrate hope. It re-tells the first Easter story through drama, music and song!

Performance dates: April 13th, 7pm, April 14th 6pm, and Good Friday 4.30pm. Tickets are free and can be reserved here. 

  • A lady is held on her knees as a bald man holding a weapon presses it to her neck in a poorly lit rehearsal room inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus, in rehearsal clothes, holds a goblet in front of him in front of an arched window with golden sunlight behind it inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus wearing rehearsal clothes washes a mans feet. Jesus kneels as the man sits on a stool inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus in rehearsal clothes speaks with a lady who is talking back inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A group of five actors enjoy a break as they sit around a table inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Two hands bound together with some rope held in front of a mans chest inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus looks down in front of a white wall, behind him an out-of-focus wooden cross hangs on the wall inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus is elevated on a stage while other actors surround him practising lines at a rehearsal inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Two ladies dressed in red talk to each other in front of other people in the background watching inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Two ladies dressed in red talk to each other in front of other people in the background watching inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A lady with black hair touches her shoulders with her arms cross in front of her. She looks across to someone else inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A close up of a young lady dressed in a black and white jumper and long black hair. Nana. Yea Rowe who plays Mary Magdalene. She is lit by the stage lighting inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A smiling lady with white hair looks towards the camera outside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A white haired man with a beard looks down wearing a grey fleece and polo shirt. John Stobbs as assistant stage manage inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A close up of a man with grey hair, a beard and glasses wearing a grey jumper. Peter Tickler who plays Nicodemus. He is in front of an arched door inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A close up on a grey-haired man with glasses. Michael Mowat, the Stage Manager. Behind him, other cast inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A bald man with a white beard, dressed in read, appears to pull back a lady dressed in red as she closes her eyes in sadness inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus carries a wooden cross towards the camera, with a procession of other people walking behind him inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A group of Jesus followers sit, kneel and stand behind the empty cross watching it. The cross, in the foreground has a white robe draped cross it inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus walks through a crowd of people who are kneeling before him. The crowd dressed in blacks and creams and Jesus is dressed in blue as he walks away from the camera into the crowd inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A group shot of the team behind the Oxford Passion Play 2022. The group includes a golden Labrador guide dog in the foreground who is itching his leg in the photo. The group gather for the photo inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus smiles as he talks with two of his disciples inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus, wearing a green garment looks up to heaven with his hands together as he prays with open eyes. In the background two other disciples are visibly asleep.
  • Two hands are bound together by rope, presumably Jesus'. He holds his hands in front of himself, dressed in a green robe inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus looks on, dressed in a green robe in front of an out-of-focus wooden cross that is mounted on a white wall behind him inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A crown of thorns is placed on Jesus' head by man to the right of the screen. Jesus hangs his head above his rope-bound hands in front of other Jesus followers who are visibly sad in the background inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Followers of Jesus mourn his death at the foot of a large freestanding cross. Some stand in the background, some kneel and one in the foreground kneels at the foot of the cross inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Group of ladies dressed in blue watch in sadness and disbelief. The four ladies stand in front of an audience inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus raises his hands in surrender as he looks up. He is dressed in a green robe with his disciples out of focus behind him inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Jesus and two of his followers laugh after the performance, holding water cups inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A bald man dressed in olive green and black raises his hand and finger as if about to point as he smiles mid sentence inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • Two people dressed in black pull white robe ropes around a man in the foreground (dressed in green) who is leaning away from the ropes that are pulling him back. In the background the crowd watches from seats inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.
  • A close up of Jesus with hands together, pressed to his forehead with eyes closed as he prays inside St Matthew's Church. As part of the Oxford Passion Play 2022.

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