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| King Herod & His Wife |
In many ways this years production can be looked at very much as a "best of" writer and director Mike Kalinowski, told us. "I've taken the best bits from the last three years and rolled them into one jam packed show."
But don't worry Christmas fans, the story is staying true to the heart of the message, and isn't all just entirely a copy of the previous years. Mike has infact assured us, that the story is new with quite a nice twist, A bunch of favorite charcters have returned, along with what he thinks is a host of new zany characters to flesh out the world.
But none of what is going to happen would have been possible without the wealth of talent acting in the show this year. The strongest cast ever, makes certain that this production is not to be missed! So the story???
Without giving too much away, we can reveal that King Herod (Returning this year, and played once again by Mike) Has enlisted the help of his most loyal subject Quintus (Chris Micklewright) in gathering together all of the prophecies found in the Torah (Old Testament) About Jesus' birth, in order to get a head start in plotting the future kings downfall.
But as is befitting possibly the maddest king in all of history, nothing goes quite to plan, and when an argument with his wife Mrs Herod (Anna Gooden) goes sour, it is decided that a troop of actor's under the world renowned Pandercott (Beck Davies) will act out the story of the christmas story to Herod and his court.
Complete with Mary, Joseph, talking donkey, wise men, shepherds and angels, King Herod's throne room is thrown into all sorts of crazy. From wandering sheep, to an angel that sings all her lines from christmas carols (Rosie Henselin) the cast of the play within a play, take on King Herod to protect their soon to be Born king of the Jews, and saviour of the world.
But not all is fine and dandy, as Mrs Herod starts to get a bit suspicious about the activities, leaving the ending as unpredictable and intense as we have ever seen.
So truley this year is a year to invite the friends and family, and experience together a whole lot of laughs, a whole lot of fun, and the bold message of Jesus Christ the saviour of the world unashamedly proclaimed from the stage!
THE CAST!!
King Herod - Mike Kalinowski
Mrs Herod - Anna Gooden
Steven - Zac Vains
Quintus - Chris Micklewright
Attendant - Alison Bakker
Narrator - Robyn
Cornelius - Fred Porter
Amos - Roxanne Gusterson
Theodore - Caleb Sheppard
Mark - Josh Russell
David - Jos Wilson
John - Ethan Graham
Ruth - Maddy Szymanski
Pandercott - Beck Davies
Angel - Rosie Henselin
Mary - Hannah Lucas
Joseph - Jeremy Cake
Donkey - Paul Chadwick
Pilate - Jackson Canuto
So be a sport and leave them some comments, and some well wishes as they tirelessly work to put on the biggest and best show ever seen at Bridgeman Downs!
Oh and 'Be Prepared' for King Herod... if you know what we mean.
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