Sunday 21 April, 9pm St Catherine's Church. £9

Experience a stunning, virtuoso delivery of the greatest story ever told. As Jesus's followers first heard it. In darkness. Illuminated purely by candlelight and the Word.

Award-winning actor George Dillon presents an unforgettable vision of Jesus in his intense, human and occasionally humorous solo staging of the first Gospel.

Inspired by a chance encounter with Bob Geldof at Euston Station and created in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, Dillon’s powerful delivery of his own translation portrays Jesus not as a gentle, meek and mild lamb to the slaughter, but as a contemporary raging fighter for God.

The Gospel of Matthew was traditionally considered the earliest account of the life and teachings of Jesus and was originally compiled soon after the Roman destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD. With religious and racial conflict still spreading from the Middle East, Matthew’s apocalyptic Gospel is as relevant, inspiring and terrifying today as when it was written.

“The radical message has never sounded so revolutionary, straight-forward, obvious and utterly sensible!” The Scotsman