Brandon to act with Passion – and a supporting cast of hundreds


Brandon Gutierrez as Jesus in the Passion Play at Park View 4U, Lytham


Hundreds of performers are set to bring the Easter message to the streets of Lytham as the town’s first open-air Passion Play is performed later this month.

St Annes teenager Brandon Gutierrez will take the role of Jesus in the event organised by the Lytham Ecumenical Partnership, in conjunction with Park View 4U, on the afternoon of Palm Sunday, March 29.

Echoing the open-air style of the traditional Oberammergau Passion Play, which has been performed in Germany for almost five centuries, the re-enactment of the ancient story of Christ’s passion will be told by community for the community with local schools, bands and choirs, plus a team of teenage actors all taking part.


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They will come together on the amphitheatre and QEII playing fields of Park View and follow a procession route around Lytham and before finishing back at Park View.

The actors will wear modern dress and organisers say the aim is for the live and recorded music to be relevant and moving, with the aim of making sure the realism reflects that the world is still a dangerous place for

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