Easter activities: Passion plays

Over 130 actors in Dingli pageant

The pageant organised by the St Mary Band Club of Dingli is being held on April 16. The animated part of the pageant will now be held in a bigger square which will also have a seating area.

The pageant starts from the band club in Frenċ Abela Square and proceeds through the various village streets till it reaches Ġużè Abela Square, next to the parish church. On a stage, actors will take part in scenes from the Passion, Crucifixion and Resurrection of Christ.

More than 130 actors will be taking part, as will the Dingli Boy Scouts, Girl Guides and the Acqua Blu Dancers. The St Mary Band, directed by Richard Bugeja, will be playing funeral marches.

The script is by Carmelo Bianchi and the pageant is being directed by Clelia Abela Borg. Paul Azzopardi is the artistic director.

Anima Christi at Tarxien

The Tarxien Pageant Group is presenting the pageant Anima Christi at the Cirkolu ground on April 17, 18, 19 and 20 at 7.30 p.m. Tickets at €3 are available by calling 7999 8206 or at the door.

Unusual ‘young’ Passion play

ZAK Birżebbuġa present Ġesù 2011, being performed at Birżebbuġa primary school on Saturday and Sunday, is designed to appeal to young audiences, since it will try to show how the story of Jesus is relevant today.

Written and directed by Charles Falzon, the pageant will be full of movement, singing and colour.

The performers will wear a mixture of hippie and rock clothes.

For tickets call 7927 0902.

Is It Me? at St James

TAC Theatre’s Passion play production, Is It Me?, shows why the protagonists of the Easter story made the choices they did, resulting in events that changed the course of history.

Set in today’s Middle East, the play looks at how two men, Pontius Pilate and Caiaphas, who want nothing more than the best for their people, set down a path leading to the crucifixion of a ‘terrorist’, who is causing a popular uprising.

This ‘terrorist’ offers the people the hope of freedom; he is a new leader who came to take away their fear with just three words – “love your enemy”.

The cast features Steffan Cherrett Busuttil, Pierre Stafrace, Alexandra Camilleri Warne, Claudio Carta, David Chircop, Joseph Zammit, Steve Hili, Nadia Vella, Rachel Gatt, Victor Bonanno, Hannah Schembri, Stephanie Pullicino and Wesley Ellul.

Is It Me? is at St James Cavalier, Valletta, on April 15, 16 and 17.

Tickets at €10 are available on www.tactheatre.com and at the box office. For more information call 9945 6366 or e-mail info@tactheatre.com.