Easter 2022
Thank you for visiting this site. We pray you are well and safe at this time.
Unfortunately, our hopes for resurrecting the Lewes Passion Play 2020 did not materialise in 2021, however the audio version can still be heard on the site (see below). The intention is to help it grow again for Easter 2025.
We are still here however! We are still talking together and praying together and supporting one another.
Easter 2022 is round the corner and a new team to direct a way forward with this is being sought. Would you be interested? Could you help?
Virtual Passion Play Easter 2020
Listen to our audio version of the Lewes Passion Play. It was created by the actors and musicians who were so looking forward to performing on the streets of Lewes, before everything came to a halt.
Go to the 'Passion Play 2020' Tab. On the dropdown menu, select 'Virtual Play' where you will find an edited version of each of the 4 acts. (Please note this was compiled in total isolation by various volunteer actors, musicians and editors all in their separate homes.)
Be part of it - Join our email group to receive regular updates and LPP Community News - go to the 'Get Involved' Tab and complete the form. This will automatically be sent to us and we will add you to our community list.
Unfortunately, our hopes for resurrecting the Lewes Passion Play 2020 did not materialise in 2021, however the audio version can still be heard on the site (see below). The intention is to help it grow again for Easter 2025.
We are still here however! We are still talking together and praying together and supporting one another.
Easter 2022 is round the corner and a new team to direct a way forward with this is being sought. Would you be interested? Could you help?
Virtual Passion Play Easter 2020
Listen to our audio version of the Lewes Passion Play. It was created by the actors and musicians who were so looking forward to performing on the streets of Lewes, before everything came to a halt.
Go to the 'Passion Play 2020' Tab. On the dropdown menu, select 'Virtual Play' where you will find an edited version of each of the 4 acts. (Please note this was compiled in total isolation by various volunteer actors, musicians and editors all in their separate homes.)
Be part of it - Join our email group to receive regular updates and LPP Community News - go to the 'Get Involved' Tab and complete the form. This will automatically be sent to us and we will add you to our community list.
'We are an Easter people and Alleluia is our song' St Augustine
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The Lewes Passion Play presents the greatest dramatic events the world has ever seen-in the streets and gardens of our historic town.
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What is a Passion Play?Passion Plays have been in existence for hundreds of years. They are a dramatic presentation depicting the Passion of Jesus Christ. The plays, were highly popular in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The longest running currently-performed Passion play is the Oberammergau Passion Play, which has been performed since 1634, every 10 years, by the inhabitants of the village of Oberammergau in Bavaria, Germany. Churches Together in Lewes in 2000 wanted to mark Christian unity through a Millennium project and together it was agreed to bring the story of Christ's Passion to the people. Each church re-enacted a section of the Holy Week story in the town and from this the united, five yearly ecumenical Lewes Passion Play evolved.
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Community BuildingAs a large scale arts project, the Lewes Passion Play draws in the whole community in drama, music and other arts activities. Those involved make connections and develop relationships, fostering a cohesive community and strengthened social bonds that both nurture the town and result in self-sustaining Passion Play projects. We have enjoyed and are much appreciative of all support received from local councils, youth groups, churches and arts organisations. We are now looking forward to working with the community in the development, production and promotion of the next 2025 Passion Play.
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Anyone may comeLewes Passion Play welcomes the skilled professional and shy amateur alike. There is something for everyone to do, from local celebrity to those who may otherwise feel unheard, unseen and marginalised, from the employed to the unemployed, from the home owner to the homeless. Anyone may join in and contribute.
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Churches TogetherPassion Plays encourage churches of different denominations to focus together on the importance of the Gospel and the certainty of Jesus Christ. People from within the churches are drawn together to share the 'greatest story ever told', bringing the story of Jesus out of the churches and onto the streets.
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UK Passion Play Trust
Passion Plays have been active across the world for generations. The UK Passion Trust keeps the movement alive by offering financial, logistical and artistic support to local groups. Lewes Passion Play Group is an affiliated organisation.
For more information about Passion Plays visit: http://passiontrust.org/
Our artistic director speaking in January 2015 at the UK Passion Play Conference held in Liverpool.