Nominated for The Stage's 'Best Actor' Award in 2003.

Human, humorous, complex and shocking, the earliest account of Jesus is brought to life in a new translation with video and music.

"A mesmerising one-man show of sheer brilliance." The Argus.

Inspired by an encounter with Bob Geldof at Euston Station and created in response to 9/11 and its aftermath...

"I doubt you'll see a show as truthful as this in many, many years." Three Weeks

...this Jesus is no lamb-to-the-slaughter but a raging resistance fighter for God.

"A very Jewish, very apocalyptic Christ, uncompromising, fiery, ungentle, uncomfortable, severe and challenging." Herald

Seen on BBC's Songs of Praise and, in Scotland, on Grampian TV's Sunday Service (11th & 18th July, 2004)

"The radical message has never sounded so revolutionary and utterly sensible." The Scotsman

"Don't think I came to bring peace to the world..." [ Matthew 10.34 ]

"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; his Lord's Prayer has an all-to-rare note of urgency." The Baptist Times

At the Nightingale Theatre during the Brighton Festival in 2007, George Dillon performed The Gospel of Matthew by candle-light. The experiment was successful and since then his performance has been seen at a number of churches, with limited technical facilites. If you belong to a church and would be interested in having a performance in your church (or church hall) please contact George Dillon via this website.