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A one-man show starring world renowned actor Simon Callow.
Of all the stories ever told
Of all the figures in history
Of all the men that have lived
Look at Jesus through the eyes of those around him: his mother, brother and followers, the political and religious elite. What do you see? The Son of God or a Jewish terrorist? A poet-philosopher or a fraud? Whoever the man Jesus was, he inspired the history of the world.
One of the leading stage and screen actors of his generation, Simon Callow takes on the role of his life in a deeply moving new play that examines the character of Jesus.
Playwright Matthew Hurt described his motivation for this thought-provoking drama that receives its world premiere on the Danske Bank Stage at Easter.
“Since childhood I’ve been attracted to the stories of the Bible. Whenever I go back and re-read them, I’m struck by how unexpected, almost unknowable, they are – even the familiar ones. What I hope we are able to do with The Man Jesus is take us back to the precise moment in history when he was living and experience his story as I imagine it felt and looked to the characters around him.
“This isn’t an attempt to dismiss any of the spiritual dimensions of his life. Instead of looking at the Jesus of Christianity, I want to try to grasp the man religion claimed as its own before legend, politics and sectarianism distorted – for good or bad – the image we have of him.”
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