assembly 04 @  ST.GEORGE'S WEST

George Dillon in

The Gospel of Matthew

 

     70 AD... Jews resist occupation... Romans sack Jerusalem... Temple destroyed... a million Jews killed... The Gospel of Matthew is written... 2001... Twin Towers destroyed... two ‘Christian’ leaders plot war in Iraq...


     When a superpower uses force against a religiously-motivated enemy, who wins?


     "Don't think I came to bring peace to the world!"


     THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, traditionally considered the earliest account of the life and teachings of Jesus, is as relevant, as inspiring and as terrifying today as when it was written.


     George Dillon delivers his own translation with original music and video in a powerful solo performance which has been acclaimed by audiences and critics from all sides of the faith divide. Last year he was nominated for The Stage 'Best Actor' Award.


     Inspired by an encounter with Bob Geldof at Euston Station and created in response to 9/11 and its aftermath, Dillon’s vision of Jesus is no meek and mild lamb-to-theslaughter but a raging freedom fighter for God.


     After an extract was featured on BBC’s Songs of Praise from Edinburgh last year, the whole performance was filmed to be broadcast (in Scotland) as two episodes of Grampian's Sunday Service program on 11th & 18th July.


     This will be George Dillon’s 14th Fringe since his first (as a student) in 1982. For his solo work he has won a Herald Angel and been nominated for The Independent Theatre Award and twice for The Stage Best Actor Award

 

 

Press Contacts:

George Dillon

http://www.georgedillon.com/contact.shtml

From July:
Wendy Niblock, Press for Assembly @ St George's West
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Press Release

10th May 2003:

Immediate

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Images for publication
can be downloaded from
www.georgedillon.com

Listings:

George Dillon's Vital Theatre
presents
The Gospel of Matthew
Award-winning actor George Dillon in acclaimed passionate solo performance of the first Gospel with music and video.
'A mesmerising one-man show of sheer brilliance' - Argus

6 - 30 Aug [not 17 Aug]
4 pm - 5.30 pm
Assembly @ St George's West Church, Venue 157,
58 Shandwick Place,
Edinburgh Festival Fringe
£10 (£9) Mon - Thu,
£11 (£10) Fri - Sun

Venue Box Off: 0131 226 2428
Fringe Box Off: 0131 226 0000

For images, biogs, reviews, programme notes, tour dates etc. visit http://www.georgedillon.com/


assembly 04 @ ST.GEORGE'S WEST

George Dillon in

The Gospel of Matthew

“Dillon has taken the intense drama of the Gospel, maximised the
emotional impact, pumped up the intensity and created
a mesmerizing one-man show of sheer brilliance.”
THE ARGUS

 

“The radical message of loving one’s enemies has never sounded
so revolutionary, straightforward, obvious and utterly sensible.
Dillon’s version of the Gospel is about a million miles away
from dreary sermonising, happy-clappy evangelising or shallow,
Lloyd-Webber extravaganza. Though a wealth of sound,
light and video is lavished on us, this is no sentimental spectacle.
The experience is pure and cerebral, moving the spirit
via the brain as well as the heart and senses.”
THE SCOTSMAN

 

“There is certainly no ignoring George Dillon and his epic,
impassioned telling of Matthew’s gospel.
Dressed like a prophet himself, he lends his account a visceral,
biting, colloquial power that is at times quite stunning.
It is a blessed relief to have something religious on the fringe
which is neither mindlessly evangelical nor trite about the subject.”
THE STAGE

 

“Don’t be put off by the religious subject-matter. If anything, this is
more a political play than any sort of Christian preaching - to look
at the story of Christ objectively and realise how shocking his words
must have been at the time was something of an eye-opener
(and this is from a complete non-Christian).”
EDFRINGE.COM

 

“A very Jewish, very apocalyptic Christ, uncompromising,
fiery, ungentle, uncomfortable, severe and challenging.”
THE HERALD

 

“The Jesus presented here is a terrifying zealot; this is
Christianity you wouldn’t want to meet on a dark night.”
EDINBURGHGUIDE.COM

 

“Most unusually for contemporary drama on this theme,
Dillon’s Gospel of Matthew is wholly authentic to the biblical text.
Dillon brings out levels of meaning in Matthew rarely heard in pulpits.
His rendering of Jesus’s righteous anger is simply shattering.”
THE BAPTIST TIMES

 

 

 

For images, biogs, reviews, programme notes, tour dates etc. visit http://www.georgedillon.com/