Play brings Easter message
Brandon Gutierrez as Jesus in the Passion Play at Park View 4U, Lytham
Hundreds of performers will bring the Easter message to the streets of Lytham as the town’s first open-air Passion Play is performed this weekend.
St Annes teenager Brandon Gutierrez takes the role of Jesus in the event organised by the Lytham Ecumenical Partnership, in conjunction with Park View 4U, from 3pm on Sunday.
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 involve local schools, bands and choirs, plus a team of teenage actors.
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 many.
The play will start with the Last Supper on the skate ramp in Park View4U, and different areas of
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