Do you know what a Passion Play is ?

[EmmaOfNormandy]

And would it be a good test of "Britishness" whatever that is ?

I see stories like this, and my first thought is almost never "What would Rupert do ?"

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/11155367.council-officer-apologises-passion-play-mistake/

LOL - I'm still getting the hang of feeds it sees.

There used to be one at our primary school but I have forgotten what it is. Something to do with Jesus or Easter?

Chalet School?

Yes, like others on this thread, I read about it in the Chalet School books as a child and I actually went to the Oberammergau one with my mum. It sounds like there might be scope for a Chalet School thread! 😀 Edited to add that I don't think it would be a particularly good test of Britishness as it is a Christian tradition held in many countries.

Come over here!

www.mumsnet.com/talk/what_were_reading/5412145-the-chalet-school?page=1

Yes but they are hardly common.

Yeah, I went to the Oberammagau when I was kid. Too young to remember much about it though. Don't really think of them of a British thing, though I believe there was one, or something similar, in London this year which was apparently rather gruesome. I'm not sure I actually relish the idea of more public religious events, so rather hope they're not becoming more common. Or if they are, that they're tucked away so we don't find ourselves accidently stumbling across crucifixions as we amble round town!

Thank you very much @EmpressaurusKitty !

Yes.

Yes, my RE teacher in the 90s wanted to go to Oberammergau. I admit I haven't heard offer any in the UK before though.

I’ve seen one, though not in the UK so wouldn’t have assumed there was anything particularly British about it; but have never heard the phrase Passion Play and had no idea that they had a name beyond “reenactment of the story of Jesus’s death.”

Surely that's not his only job though? Just because you know what a passion play is isn't a qualification for the job of a council planning officer! As for a test of Britishness, they aren't British. They happen here but mostly happen in Catholic Europe.

I don't know now and I wouldn't have known about it in 2014 which is when that newspaper article is from... over a decade ago!

I do however know lots about Mari Lwyd which to my mind - having heard a bit now from posters about passion plays - sounds a lot more entertaining. We were doing The Pwnco before rap battles were even a thing!

I knew through the Chalet School book which I must've read aged about 10 in the 1980s.

It reminded me that my sister played Isaac in the Mystery Plays at our local cathedral at about the same time. She would have been about 13 and the only thing I remember is that Marius Goring played God. I just found her name amongst an online archive of the play programme.

I feel old now.

I know what they are. Parents did a coach trip to Oberammagau. Not really sure of the full backstory here - if other street theatre would have needed permits and been cancelled by the council if they’d not been applied for, then I don’t see why a a religious one should get a free pass.

This article is 12 years old. Not sure why you are bringing this up now.

That news report is from 2014.

Yes, I know what a Passion Play is. I am not remotely religious. But I have a broad education.

I know, and I'm not particularly interested in them. I know they're not a peculiarly British thing.

Yes. I went to see one in my home City a few years ago. But I'd heard of them before.

However, not sure how you are equating this to Britishness though, as the most famous one is in Oberammergau.

Yea the most famous one is in Oberammergau Bavaria
well worth seeing

As a few people have kindly pointed out I'm still getting the hang of how to look at stories in my feed.

Clearly I'll have to up my game.

Yes!

i connect ‘passion play’ to Bavaria. There is a world-famous one in a place called Oberammergau every 10 years.

Yes. Isn’t there a famous one in Oberammergau ?

Yes, I've seen one in both the UK and Cadiz in Spain. I'm not sure they're particularly British though.