"The audience, shivering under
Durham’s night sky.... huddled together for warmth.
In the course of the evening, we had travelled from theatre
to cathedral to outdoor stage, following 10 writers and
composers’ idiosyncratic reworkings of Bible stories
(Ian McMillan’s God, outraged that his creatures
won’t follow his schemes in rhyme; David Almond’s
motherly Almighty, “Aye, stuff th’ ark with
beasts, like.”; Timothy Craig Harrison’s compelling
musical Crucifixion) performed by local amateurs, rappers,
dancers and musicians from around the region. The cold
passed; the images remain."
The Observer
"Durham Mysteries 2010 has been a major undertaking,
involving hundreds of performers, many different schools
and community groups, professional writers and theatre
practitioners, and, I dare say, umpteen behind-the-scenes
fixits in many different fields. The brilliant result
is 10 new plays-and an animated film-being performed
over five hours on three evenings." The Journal
