Corpus Christi

Source: The List (Issue 584)
Date: 23 August 2007
Written by: Nicola Husband

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Controversial retelling of the New Testament

Terrence McNally’s controversial retelling of the New Testament places Jesus in 50s Texas and involves the son of God in a sexual relationship with Judas, whose consequent jealously results in the betrayal. Despite slick direction and clever ensemble work, a production can only be as good as the material it's given, and while the play may have been shocking to American Christian fundamentalists in the 90s, to Fringe audiences it’s likely to seem a dry retelling of a well-known story with a crowd-pulling gimmick at its centre. (Nicola Husband)

Bedlam Theatre, 225 9893, until 25 Aug, 10pm, £8 (£7).

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