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 a Pacific twist.

Manurewa Central Primary School teacher Andrew Malele played Jesus and the performance featured a large Pacific Island cast and a choir that had never acted before. Continue reading

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