The Witness 2023 Tour
His story became History. Her story became Heresy.The sacred and profane collide in a new performance by interdisciplinary artist Jo Blake, inspired by the Gospel of Mary Magdalene. Three copies of the gospel have been found – all of them with missing pages. As the only gospel written in the name of a woman, it reveals Mary Magdalene as a most formidable and courageous spiritual leader, confidante and companion of Christ.
Moving through humour, bold physicality and intricate storytelling; The Witness reveals how one woman’s 2000 year old testimony comes clattering into the life of a contemporary woman, initiating a reckoning and demanding that the missing pages be written anew.
This touring performance is one part of a wider project called Heresy.
Click here to read more about the wider project.
If you missed the show live at a venue, or you loved it so much you’d like to see it again, then you are in luck. We now have a pay per view link to see the full performance of The Witness filmed on location. Click the button below to go to the page.
2023 Tour Dates & Ticket Links:
Saturday 11 March: Gospel Making Workshop in Northampton
Fri 31 March: Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester
Saturday 1 April: The Core at Corby Cube, Corby, Northamptonshire
Thursday 6 April: Stantonbury Theatre, Milton Keynes
Saturday 8 April: Holy Sepulchre Church, Northampton (also live streamed)
Weds 17 May & Thurs 18 May: Royal & Derngate, Northampton
Creative Team:
Performers: Jo Blake and Robert Clark
Director: Jo Blake
Movement Director: Ben Duke
Lead Dramaturg: Lootie Johansen-Bibby
Visiting Dramaturg: Sheila Ghelani
Collaborative Devisor: Georgia Tillery-Randak
Designer: Ruth Stringer
Lighting Designer: Adi Currie
Sound Designer: Patrick J Middleton
Producer: Courtenay Johnson for Carbon Theatre
Production Manager: Fiona Scott Lockyer
Stage Manager: Emma Drostby
Acknowledgements:
The production and wider project is supported by The Kenneth Foundation, Northamptonshire Community Foundation, and using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.