Theatre group rides into church with home-grown Christmas tale

Geoff Allen, pondered how a donkey got into the tale of Christmas? Allen, who heads Galatea Theatre, has come up with his own explanation of why we think Mary rode into town on a donkey.

He’s written, and is directing, a “first-millennium farce about virgins, mules and art”. The Madonna’s Mule is set in 999 when, just like when Y2K rolled around, citizens believed the world would end when the new millennium began. Continue reading

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