BIGGER THAN JESUS
More often than not a play’s shock value is used to hide a rather empty core. If the audience is offended and disturbed enough, the buzz will ensure more viewers and ticket sales, and therefore essentially nothing else matters.
Bigger than Jesus is not one of those plays.
Shocking, brilliant, moving, and incredibly energetic, it manages to keep the audience completely captivated from the first moment to the last. Through humour, tears, fantastic lighting and stage design, Rick Miller’s play tells the historical story of Jesus, while questioning all the preconceived notions of who, what, and why he was, and how his name has managed to survive, when so many others did not.
Giving more questions than answers, preferring to ask rather than to preach, Bigger than Jesus is what if claims to me – a story of far bigger issues than Christianity. It is the tale of humanity, leaving you with a feeling of joy, of a shared experience, of everything that theatre should be, and so much more.
Just three words. See it. Now.
Until Jan 29, Wharf 1, Sydney Theatre Company, Hickson Rd, Walsh Bay, $30-50, 1300 668 812, sydneyfestival.org.au
