Manchester Passion
Well ... on Friday night I went with a bunch of mates into Manchester to witness the spectacle that was the 'Manchester Passion'. The event was screened on BBC2 and BBC3 - it was so exciting to find out that the - often criticised - BBC were staging the Passion play, set to the music of Manchester.
I've not managed to watch the recording of it yet - it'll give a different persepctive on things as we saw a lot of the stuff that was going on around the city on video screens.
Had a bit of a strange moment though ... as we were part of the crowd, we were called to 'free Barabbas' and 'crucify Jesus' - some of the guys we were with had a problem with this and wouldn't do it - and to be honest it got me thinking. I know in once sense Jesus chose to be crucified, but He did it becuase I sin.
I thought the ending was fantastic, with Keith Allen - who I thought played his role perfectly - giving the 'dummy ending' mocking the fact that the disciples had said that Jesus would come back to life. Then switching to the top of the town hall where Jesus proclaimed 'I am the resurection and the life' ... the perfect ending
posted by Bruce's Evil Twin @ 6:00 pm
5 Comments:
SAW IT ON T.V. .....was great for it to get the airtime.A few bits questionable though?
Such as ??????
SUCH AS !.....er,cant remember much now.it was memorable then.See, thats it - it was great to see it BUT apart from the obvious finale ?mmmmmumble,muummmmble, before that,it was....Oh well, you know the rest,so lets not go over it again then.YES...LETS !
Over the holidays,they put JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR on,and thats still goin round my head now. ITS A CLASSIC
jesus christ superstar £1 from charity shop,toooooodaaaay.lucky i missed the bus,eh!would never have gone in otherwise
Beautiful picture and thank you for sharing your experience. May God bless you indeed.
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