Posts Tagged ‘Passion Play’

Kiwi passion play director dies on Good Friday

Tuesday, April 5th, 2016

One of New Zealand’s most prolific TV producers, Ross Jennings, died a year after directing a Passion play in Auckland. Mr Jennings, 71, died on Good Friday after a battle with cancer. Last year he directed “They Crucified Him”, a Passion play which portrayed Jesus’ last days on Earth. It featured a largely Pacific Island Read more

Passion play full of Pacific flavour

Friday, April 10th, 2015

The “greatest story ever told”lit up the stage in a dazzling spectacle at Villa Maria Winery last weekend. And Jesus Christ rose again – in the form of a large Samoan man. They Crucified Him, a Passion play directed by Ross Jennings and co-directed by Terri de’Ath,  portrays Christ’s last days on earth but with Read more

Passion play to be staged at Villa Maria winery

Friday, February 27th, 2015

An outdoor passion play is to be staged at Villa Maria winery in south Auckland on the weekend before Easter. The play, portraying the passion of Christ, will be put on by the southern parishes of Auckland diocese on Saturday, March 28. The venue at Villa Maria features a natural amphitheatre, being inside the crater Read more