Palm Sunday was a triumph of faith over weather as a substantial crowd followed the Play through Lewes, to Cliffe Precinct and to Harvey's Yard. It was a privilege to be there although, having moved away, we won't be able to attend any of the other Acts. Well done to the cast, crew, writers, musicians and of course the marshalls and others who kept things moving.
We HAVE NOW BEGUN to populate a picture gallery of this year's events. See the link at the right hand side
Join the next Play on Maundy Thursday in the Priory.
Tuesday 31 March 2015
Saturday 28 March 2015
Tomorrow as ever is!
By the time we wake tomorrow, Act 1 is imminent. Join us at St Anne's Church or Cliffe Precinct from 2 pm.
Our prayers and best wishes to all those involved in tomorrow's production whether as actors, behind the scenes, directing, marshalling or in any way. And our prayers too that the events which we recreate will speak powerfully of God's love for all people, in all ages, in all of the world, focussed through what Christians believe is the unique person of Jesus.
For something to think about, visit the main Passion Play website or share this prayer for the play
For Palm Sunday services at all the Lewes churches, amd for the rest of Holy Week, see links to the churches from the CTLA website.
See you tomorrow!
Our prayers and best wishes to all those involved in tomorrow's production whether as actors, behind the scenes, directing, marshalling or in any way. And our prayers too that the events which we recreate will speak powerfully of God's love for all people, in all ages, in all of the world, focussed through what Christians believe is the unique person of Jesus.
For something to think about, visit the main Passion Play website or share this prayer for the play
For Palm Sunday services at all the Lewes churches, amd for the rest of Holy Week, see links to the churches from the CTLA website.
See you tomorrow!
Thursday 26 March 2015
Wednesday 25 March 2015
Four days to go ...
Please give thanks:
- for God’s amazing love expressed for us in the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and the opportunity to tell it together in our town.
- for warmth, fellowship and enjoyment in rehearsal
- for sending us a stage manager- for enthusiastic responses to the school workshops
- for a Palm Sunday instrumentalist in the precinct
Please pray:
- that all the detailed planning is honouring to our Lord Jesus Christ and inspired by the Holy Spirit.
- that the Passion Play will have a spiritual impact on our town.
- that it will draw Christians together in love and witness.
- that we’ll all be awake to openings to share the Lord Jesus as we chat about what we are doing.
Specifically:
- for publicity and promotion – that leaflets, articles, the town banner and Tourist information display will be effective and crowds of people will come
- for the coming together and smooth running of all elements of the production.
- for final rehearsals – that everyone in cast and production team will become one body, supporting one another. For those joining the team now may feel quickly welcomed in.
- for remembering of lines
- for final details of costume making
- for stage manager and crew
- for set builders, lighting and sound technicians
- for marshalling and safety matters
- for arrangements with the donkeys
- for final details of music and musicians
- for appropriate weather
- for good health and energy for everyone involved
- for the families and friends of those taking part
and that the Christian community across the town will have a growing sense of anticipation and excitement to use this opportunity for ongoing witness to our living Lord Jesus Christ.
We look forward to seeing you on Palm Sunday!
- for God’s amazing love expressed for us in the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and the opportunity to tell it together in our town.
- for warmth, fellowship and enjoyment in rehearsal
- for sending us a stage manager- for enthusiastic responses to the school workshops
- for a Palm Sunday instrumentalist in the precinct
Please pray:
- that all the detailed planning is honouring to our Lord Jesus Christ and inspired by the Holy Spirit.
- that the Passion Play will have a spiritual impact on our town.
- that it will draw Christians together in love and witness.
- that we’ll all be awake to openings to share the Lord Jesus as we chat about what we are doing.
Specifically:
- for publicity and promotion – that leaflets, articles, the town banner and Tourist information display will be effective and crowds of people will come
- for the coming together and smooth running of all elements of the production.
- for final rehearsals – that everyone in cast and production team will become one body, supporting one another. For those joining the team now may feel quickly welcomed in.
- for remembering of lines
- for final details of costume making
- for stage manager and crew
- for set builders, lighting and sound technicians
- for marshalling and safety matters
- for arrangements with the donkeys
- for final details of music and musicians
- for appropriate weather
- for good health and energy for everyone involved
- for the families and friends of those taking part
and that the Christian community across the town will have a growing sense of anticipation and excitement to use this opportunity for ongoing witness to our living Lord Jesus Christ.
We look forward to seeing you on Palm Sunday!
Sunday 22 March 2015
The five year wait is over
The wait is over as Lewes Passion Play returns.
The plays will commence on Palm Sunday with a procession recalling Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey, to great acclaim.
Having walked through Lewes town centre the
procession will pause in Cliffe Precinct before moving to Harvey’s Yard for re-enactment of a
number of miracles.
St. Anne’s Church 2.00pm Follow Jesus on his triumphal entry into Jerusalem
Cliffe Precinct 2.00pm (Approx. Alternative start point) A crowd gathers,
awaiting the arrival of Jesus
Cliffe Precinct 2.30pm Jesus heals the Blind Man. Procession to....
Harvey's Yard 2.45pm More miracles unfold and Jesus enters the Temple Courtyard
Reposted from Facebook - send your friends an invite.
The plays will commence on Palm Sunday with a procession recalling Jesus entering Jerusalem on a donkey, to great acclaim.
Having walked through Lewes town centre the
procession will pause in Cliffe Precinct before moving to Harvey’s Yard for re-enactment of a
number of miracles.
St. Anne’s Church 2.00pm Follow Jesus on his triumphal entry into Jerusalem
Cliffe Precinct 2.00pm (Approx. Alternative start point) A crowd gathers,
awaiting the arrival of Jesus
Cliffe Precinct 2.30pm Jesus heals the Blind Man. Procession to....
Harvey's Yard 2.45pm More miracles unfold and Jesus enters the Temple Courtyard
Reposted from Facebook - send your friends an invite.
Friday 13 March 2015
Props and People - help please!
As the Passion Plays draw closer we are need:
We also need marshals for all the performances.
On Palm Sunday March 29th there are three venues to be covered! So we need around twenty people to marshal (1.30 - 4pm approx) St Anne's Hill and the procession down the High Street; Cliffe Precinct; and Harvey's Yard.
On Maundy Thursday evening April 2nd (7.15 - 9.30pm approx) we will need on-site help in the Priory ruins to direct audience members, and in Cockshut Road to supervise traffic and pedestrians through the tunnel and to direct people to the car park.
On Good Friday April 3rd (12.30-3.30pm) we need marshals in the precinct and on the route to the Mount.
On Easter Sunday April 5th (2.30- 4.30pm approx) we will again need Cockshut Road help and on site support in the Priory Ruins.
If you, or any of your friends, are available and willing to help with this vital support on any of these days,please let us know as soon as possible which day/days you are available, and whether or not you have a Hi-vis jacket of any style. Please include a telephone contact number.
Thank you
Eleanor and the team
Elaine Robson, Props co-ordinator
John Mercer, Marshal co-ordinator
- A fake brazier/fire able to be carried on and off stage easily
- 'Blood'. Someone willing to make us up some fake blood for Jesus on Good Friday.
- Hi-Vis Yellow Jackets/vests - We need at least 6 full high-visibility jackets (with sleeves), plus a vest for each marshal to wear while on duty.If you are able to help supply any please let us know.
We also need marshals for all the performances.
On Palm Sunday March 29th there are three venues to be covered! So we need around twenty people to marshal (1.30 - 4pm approx) St Anne's Hill and the procession down the High Street; Cliffe Precinct; and Harvey's Yard.
On Maundy Thursday evening April 2nd (7.15 - 9.30pm approx) we will need on-site help in the Priory ruins to direct audience members, and in Cockshut Road to supervise traffic and pedestrians through the tunnel and to direct people to the car park.
On Good Friday April 3rd (12.30-3.30pm) we need marshals in the precinct and on the route to the Mount.
On Easter Sunday April 5th (2.30- 4.30pm approx) we will again need Cockshut Road help and on site support in the Priory Ruins.
If you, or any of your friends, are available and willing to help with this vital support on any of these days,please let us know as soon as possible which day/days you are available, and whether or not you have a Hi-vis jacket of any style. Please include a telephone contact number.
Thank you
Eleanor and the team
Elaine Robson, Props co-ordinator
John Mercer, Marshal co-ordinator
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Calling all school artists - Art Competition !!
Have you heard about the Passion Play art competition? Quite a few schools have. But there may also be other young people who are not in those particular schools but who would like to accept the challenge and demonstrate their artistic skills. Are you one of them? Or is there someone in your family who would like to take part?
We are extending the closing date to Friday 20th March. Please encourage any young people who might like to interpret the Easter Week events for us to take part. Read on - and have fun!
Download a copy of this form, and fill it in.
Send or deliver your drawing or painting with the form to Lewes Passion Play Art Competition, 5 Glebe Close, Lewes, BN7 1LB.
We need an email address so we can tell you if you have won; this can be your own (with permission) or your parent's or school's. If you are under 18, your parent or teacher needs to sign the form to say that this is OK.
Lewes Passion Play will not keep any personal details once the competition results have been announced and winners have been contacted. We will not share them with anyone else.
The competition will be split into four age categories: School Years 3 and 4; School Years 5 and 6; School Years 7 and 8; and School Years 9 and above. All entries will be judged by local artists David Holden and Robert Birch. There will be a first and second prize in each category.
Winners will be announced and winners and selected work displayed throughout the run of the Passion Play: SUNDAY MARCH 29TH - SUNDAY APRIL 5TH
Here are some ideas.
ACT 1 : Palm Sunday:· Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on a donkey
· His teaching to the crowds
· The healing of a Blind Man
· His overturning of the tables in the Temple
ACT 2: Maundy Thursday
· The Last Supper
· The Mount of Olives - Jesus prays to His Father
· Temptation of Judas by the High Priest with 30 pieces of silver
· Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss
· Jesus’ arrest
· Jesus' trial before the High Priest
ACT 3 : Good Friday· Jesus interrogated by Pilate
· Herod demanding a miracle
· Jesus mocked and flogged
· The crucifixion
· Mary weeping
Act 4: Easter Sunday· The earthquake at the guarded tomb
· The Angel at the tomb
· Two Mary's visiting the tomb and seeing the stone rolled away
· Jesus meets Mary in the garden
· Doubting Thomas sees Jesus’ wounds
You might like to look at the page To Think About on the Passion Play website. You can find Bible references by looking at the pages for each Act in the Picture Gallery from the 2010 Play.
We are extending the closing date to Friday 20th March. Please encourage any young people who might like to interpret the Easter Week events for us to take part. Read on - and have fun!
What you need to do
Create an A4 or A3 drawing or painting of any aspect of the Easter Story, based around one of the four Acts of the play. You can find out what the four Acts are by visiting What's Happening on the Play website.Download a copy of this form, and fill it in.
Send or deliver your drawing or painting with the form to Lewes Passion Play Art Competition, 5 Glebe Close, Lewes, BN7 1LB.
We need an email address so we can tell you if you have won; this can be your own (with permission) or your parent's or school's. If you are under 18, your parent or teacher needs to sign the form to say that this is OK.
Lewes Passion Play will not keep any personal details once the competition results have been announced and winners have been contacted. We will not share them with anyone else.
The competition will be split into four age categories: School Years 3 and 4; School Years 5 and 6; School Years 7 and 8; and School Years 9 and above. All entries will be judged by local artists David Holden and Robert Birch. There will be a first and second prize in each category.
Winners will be announced and winners and selected work displayed throughout the run of the Passion Play: SUNDAY MARCH 29TH - SUNDAY APRIL 5TH
Here are some ideas.
ACT 1 : Palm Sunday:· Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on a donkey
· His teaching to the crowds
· The healing of a Blind Man
· His overturning of the tables in the Temple
ACT 2: Maundy Thursday
· The Last Supper
· The Mount of Olives - Jesus prays to His Father
· Temptation of Judas by the High Priest with 30 pieces of silver
· Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss
· Jesus’ arrest
· Jesus' trial before the High Priest
ACT 3 : Good Friday· Jesus interrogated by Pilate
· Herod demanding a miracle
· Jesus mocked and flogged
· The crucifixion
· Mary weeping
Act 4: Easter Sunday· The earthquake at the guarded tomb
· The Angel at the tomb
· Two Mary's visiting the tomb and seeing the stone rolled away
· Jesus meets Mary in the garden
· Doubting Thomas sees Jesus’ wounds
You might like to look at the page To Think About on the Passion Play website. You can find Bible references by looking at the pages for each Act in the Picture Gallery from the 2010 Play.
A Gift of Easter
 The Methodist Church has published a leaflet called A Gift of Easter: thoughts and meditations for Passiontide and Easter.Follow this link to download it in PDF. Use it as you prepare for the Play, as a participant or as an observer. Share it with others! For more information, visit the Methodist Church website at http://www.methodist.org.uk/prayer-and-worship/lent-and-easter/a-gift-of-easter. |
Monday 9 March 2015
Prayer for Lewes Passion Play -- March 2015
Please give thanks:
Thank you
Serena, Eleanor and the team.
- for God’s amazing love expressed for us in the Passion and Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and the opportunity to tell it together in our town.
- for warmth, fellowship and enjoyment in rehearsal
- for enthusiastic responses to the in-school workshops
- for permission for the banner across Cliffe High Street at an affordable cost
- that all the detailed planning is honouring to our Lord Jesus Christ and inspired by the Holy Spirit.
- that the Passion Play will have a lasting spiritual impact on our town and those taking part.
- that it will draw Christians from all the churches together in love and witness.
- that we’ll all be awake to openings to share the Lord Jesus as we chat about what we are doing.
- for good health and energy for everyone involved
- for publicity and promotion – that it will be effective
- for the learning of lines and perfecting of acting skills in the remaining rehearsals
- for creative and physical energy for the directors
- for those involved in costume making and props sourcing
- for the set builders, stage, lighting and sound technicians
- for marshalling and safety matters
- for the donkey related difficulties to be resolved
- for the working together of drama and music, adults and children
- for the families and friends of those taking part
- for the children in the schools who are receiving Passion Play music and drama workshops
- that the Christian community across the town will have a growing sense of anticipation and excitement to use this opportunity for ongoing witness to our living Lord Jesus Christ.
Thank you
Serena, Eleanor and the team.
Sunday 1 March 2015
Calling all children (and their families)
Please spread the word to families with children who might like to be involved in the Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday performances and Good Friday and Maundy Thursday ‘crowd’ for Passion Play 2015.
As you will see the first children/crowd music rehearsal has probably already happened by the time you read this. As this is being posted, the rehearsal is today at Southover Church, at 2 p.m. All are welcome!
The subsequent rehearsals all tie in with full rehearsals.
Stella Hull (Musical Director) writes:
We should like to invite you to bring your children to be involved.
Do come and join us to retell the Passion of Jesus Christ this Easter on the streets of Lewes in four acts, each given on a different day to form a “Holy week experience” in real time.
Children (accompanied by parents/carers) are invited to take part in the music and the drama of Act 1 on Palm Sunday afternoon, March 29th, as the action moves through the streets (plus a donkey!) and/or in Act 4 on the joyful afternoon of April 5th, Easter Day itself.
Everyone is of course welcome to watch, or participate, as part of the crowd for Acts 2 and 3 on “Maundy” Thursday evening and Good Friday morning on April 2nd and 3rd. The performances fall within the first week of the Easter holidays.
Rehearsals for children (accompanied by parents/carers) will be mainly on Sunday afternoons:
March 1st, 2:00 – 3:00, at Southover Church (BN7 1JH)
March 8th, 2:00 – 3:30, at Christ Church, Prince Edwards Rd (BN7 1BL)
March 15th, 2:00 – 3:30, at Christ Church
March 22nd, 2:00 – 4:30, at Southover Church
Sat. March 28th, 9:30 – 12:30 Act 1(No LAMC music that day) at Kings Church, Brooks Rd (BN7 2BY)
Sat April 4th, 9:30 – 12:30 Act 4 at St Pancras Church, Irelands Lane (BN7 1QX)
Please email us to register your interest.
Looking forward to working with you and your children,
With best wishes
Serena Smith (Director); Stella Hull (Musical Director)
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