Inhabiting the many personae of a prophet

The Man Jesus

The Everyman Theatre, Cork Directed by Joseph Alford Run concluded

Rating: ****

The Man Jesus attempts to provide us with a sense of the human figure who transformed Western civilisation. Though never irreverent, Mathew Hurt’s script wisely resists a po-faced approach. This is signalled early when John, the half-brother of Jesus, sits their mother, the Blessed Virgin, down and implores her to accede to his request. ...