Wesley Mission – Good Friday Live Performance FREE EVENT
1 pm, Friday 7 April 2023
Martin Place, Sydney CBD
Everyone is invited to Take Your Place with Wesley Mission on Good Friday in Sydney’s Martin Place for a free interactive street theatre performance that will witness Jesus carrying the Cross.
With a cast of more than thirty, the Good Friday performance uses story, symbolism, music, ensemble movement and design to activate the city streets, transforming Martin Place into a busker’s paradise, a Da Vinci painting, a lonely wilderness, and a pop-up cathedral.
Emphasising the importance of the day, Wesley Mission CEO Rev Stu Cameron says, “On Good Friday, it is not uncommon to hear people ask, ‘what’s so good about it?’. But the Cross reveals Jesus’ sacrificial love, and we meet a Saviour who is not removed from the challenging realities of life, but who knows our struggles.”
“Easter is the central festival that marks the Christian faith even more than Christmas. It was Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection that changed the course of human history and the lives of billions of people since, including me,” Cameron says.
Following the performance, people are invited to respond by laying petals on the Cross.
MEDIA CALL: 1 pm Good Friday, Martin Place Amphitheatre
Media should assemble at Martin Place Amphitheatre at 12.45 pm and will have full access to capture the performance up close and move along with the action.
- Jesus will carry the heavy wooden cross through Martin Place
- Crowd will be invited to respond by placing white flower petals on to a super-sized red fabric cross that stretches the length of the performance space in Martin Place Terraces
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