We're going way back through the mists of time for this one, back to a time when Dr Baron Dame Sir Andrew Lloyd Lord Webber BA (Hons) actually came up with more than two tunes per show, and
Jesus Christ
Superstar is all the better for it. Originally a concept album, it means that
although it's staged fairly frequently, it's usually as a concert, so Timothy
Sheader's full staging in Regent's Park is something of a rarity. Lloyd Webber and
Tim Rice created a musical passion play with a sympathetic slant on the reviled
figure of Judas (Tyrone Huntley.) Jesus Hector Christ (Declan Bennett) has been
building a following for the last three years, and although Judas still believes in
his teachings, he has three main concerns: That Jesus Horatio Christ doesn't quite
practice what he preaches, especially in the case of Anoushka Lucas' (strong-voiced
but not all that impactful) Mary Magdalene; that they're not helping the poor
directly any more; and the refusal to deny rumours of being the actual son of God.
