This Easter Tonbridge will host Kent’s first-ever Passion Play in an ambitious and free community project involving nearly 100 local people of all ages and backgrounds.
The story of the death and resurrection of Jesus, beginning
with his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, takes place in front of Tonbridge
Castle on the morning of Good Friday, 29 March.
Directed by Helen Longley and working with Tonbridge Area
Churches Together (TACT), the part of Jesus is being taken on by young Tom
Holland, 23, a former Hugh
Christie Technology
College student from
Tunbridge Wells.
Leading a donkey called Guinness and followed by a costumed
cast where many of the actors are under 30, Tom will make his entrance through the
Castle Gateway where he will be greeted by local primary school children singing
his praise. The action continues on the tarmac in front of the Castle,
the Lawns below providing a natural amphitheatre for the audience to gather and
watch the powerful story unfold.
As well as the actors, who have been rehearsing all year at
Tonbridge Baptist Church, many behind-the-scenes talents have been involved,
including professional sound, music and set building – not least an impressive
cross built by carpentry students at the West Kent YMCA designed to bear the
weight of a 6ft 4in Jesus.
There will be one performance which takes place on Good Friday (March 29), starting from St. Peter and St. Paul at 10.20am and processing to Tonbridge Castle where the play will commence at 10.30am in front of the audience on Castle Lawn.
Further information on www.tonbridgepassionplay2013 and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tonbridge-Passion-Play-2013/470036106363590
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