CLOSE TO PERFECTION

“…What made last night’s show such a success was its ability not to preach the faith but to concentrate on telling a good tale.’
Adam Nichols
Lincolnshire Echo

‘Mystery tour de force’

Jez Ashberry, Lincolnshire Life

DEVIL GETS A GOOD WHIPPING. POSSIBLY FOR FARTING TOO MUCH

‘…Set in an open-air courtyard in the heart of the Cathedral’s Gothic cloisters, Ben Poole’s Lucifer hangs off a scaffold stage in a lizard suit being whipped by accolytes. Crude, long-haired and sensuous, he farts loudly and frequently from the Creation to Doomsday. On the other side of the grassy courtyard Colin Brimblecombe’s god-faced God damns and blasts him.
An army of local Lincoln actors take their cue from this irreverence with mixed results. Tony Fielding-Raby is nicely unhinged as Herod, and, despite looking as if he was invented by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Neil Perkins delivers a decidedly charismatic Jesus.’
James Christopher
The Times

The Creation

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God
Lucifer
Good Angels
Gabriel
Evil Angels
Eve
Adam
Children in Paradise

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Colin Brimblecombe
Ben Poole
Rebecca Longbottom, Kay Bunn, Jeannine Thornley
Ba Wheeler
Michael Church, Lyndon Warnsby, Mark Perry
Sophie Kamal
Scott Borman
see end

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Salutation and Conception

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God
Son
Holy Ghost
Gabriel
Mary

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Colin Brimblecombe
Neil Perkins
Rebecca Longbottom
Ba Wheeler
Laura Davies / Ali Cormack

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The Trial of Joseph and Mary

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Joseph
Mary
Sim Summoner
Raise Slaunder
Back Biter
Bishop Abiyachar

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Bob Shirley
Laura Davies / Ali Cormack
Derek Warriner
Tony Fielding-Raby
Lyndon Warnsby
Michael Church

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The Birth of Jesus

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Baby Jesus
Joseph
Mary
Zelomy
Salome

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Josh Pettinger / Adam Stokes
Bob Shirley
Laura Davies / Ali Cormack
Rebecca Longbottom
Ruth Andrews

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The Adoration of the Shepherds

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Angel
Maunfras
Boosras
Moyse
Joseph
Mary

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Richard Lindsay
Lyndon Warnsby
Keith Ramsay
Frank Wright
Bob Shirley
Laura Davies / Ali Cormack

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Adoration of the Magi

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Herod the Great
Steward
King’s Pages
Balthazar
Melchizar
Jasper
Joseph
Mary
Angel

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Tony Fielding-Raby
Scott Borman
Grace Constance-Main, Hannah Dray, Sian Jones
Karen Crow
Mary Scott
Ruth Andrews
Bob Shirley
Laura Davies / Ali Cormack
Laura Davies / Ali Cormack

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Massacre of the Innocents

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Herod
Steward
Joseph
Mary
Soldiers
Women
Death
Satan

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Tony Fielding-Raby
Scott Borman
Bob Shirley
Laura Davies / Ali Cormack
Michael Church, Mark Perry, Steve Robertshaw
Ali Cormack, Laura Davies, Sophie Kamal
Karen Crow
Ben Poole

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The Anti-Sermon

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Satan

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Ben Poole

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The Temptation

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Jesus
Satan
Imps

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Neil Perkins
Ben Poole
Kelly Adams, Ben Smith

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Woman Taken in Adultery

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Jesus
Woman
Scribe
Pharisee
Accuser
Young Man

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Neil Perkins
Jeannine Thornley
Bob Shirley
Michael Church
Frank Wright
Scott Borman

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The Passion

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Mary Magdalene
Jesus
Peter
John
Satan
Judas
Angel
Disciples included

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Ba Wheeler
Neil Perkins
Tony Fielding-Raby
Scott Borman
Ben Poole
Derek Warriner
Laura Davies / Alison Cormack
Mark Perry, Jim Poole, Simon Davies

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Trial Before Herod

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Jesus
Herod Antipas
Soldiers

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Neil Perkins
Lyndon Warnsby
Mark Perry, Steve Robertshaw

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Crucifixion

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Jesus
Veronica
Soldiers
Satan
Mary
Mary Magdalene
John

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Neil Perkins
Sophie Kamal
Michael Church, Bob Shirley, Frank Wright
Ben Poole
Mary Scott / Irene North
Ba Wheeler
Scott Borman

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The Burial

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Jesus
Joseph of Aramathea
Nicodemus
Longeus
Mary
Soldiers

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Neil Perkins
Bob Shirley
Lyndon Warnsby
Tony Fielding-Raby
Mary Scott / Irene North
Michael Church, Mark Perry, Steve Robertshaw

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Resurrection

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Jesus
Mary

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Neil Perkins
Mary Scott / Irene North

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Doomsday

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God
Holy Ghost
Jesus
Gabriel
Michael
Peter
Bad Soul
Devil
Good Soul
Devils
Imps
Satan

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Colin Brimblecombe
Rebecca Longbottom
Neil Perkins
Ba Wheeler
Michael Church
Tony Fielding-Raby
Ruth Andrews
Jeannine Thornley
Ali Cormack
Lyndon Warnsby, Steve Robertshaw
as above
Ben Poole

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Creation Children and Good Souls

Lizzy Spur, David Wilkinson, Corinne Purdy, Hayley Gill-Fletcher, Emma Bailey, Tara Martin, Kimberly Wild, Elizabeth Hopkins, Amy Reeve, Gemma Raggett, Tina Jacobs, Amy Pickering, Heidi Pickering, Emma Robinson, Gemma Wilson, Rebecca Wilson, Natasha Smith, Jemma Carlisle, Sharon Brant, Cathy Bundy, Marcus Fry

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Director
Director of Children
Administrator
Director of Music
Musicians and Singers
…
…
Stage Director
Stage Manager
Costume Manager
Original Costumes
Additional Costumes
Photographer
Lighting Design
Props

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Keith Ramsay
Ali Cormack
Ian McKeand
Richard Still
Ruth Andrews, Victoria Beeby, Kathleen Berg, Peter Berg, Christine Hasman, Jane Stubbs, Helen Mason, Jane Ward, Ba Wheeler
Art Walker
Kim Johnson
Caroline Oliver
Anne Etherington & Maurine Groom
Caroline Oliver & Jill Cousner
Phil Crow
Dave Dray Q-lights
Ali Cormack & Kim Johnson

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