DRAMA: Brad Sherrill committed the entire Gospel of John to memory
and has performed it on stage more than 500 times. He is performing
the show in Belfast this week.


Actor to perform Gospel show
in Belfast Cathedral

By William Scholes
Religious Affairs Correspondent
April 10, 2008

Two special performances with a religious theme are being performed in Belfast this week. St. Peter's Cathedral in west Belfast will host US actor Brad Sherrill's acclaimed off-Broadway performance of The Gospel of John tomorrow at 7:30pm.

Sherrill spent four months committing the entire Gospel to memory, using the New International Version translation. Since he premiered the show in 2000 he has given more than 500 performances. The show has garnered plaudits wherever it has been performed, with The Washington Post saying: "It's not just the intensity of Sherrill's performance that brings the story home. It's also the simple stroke of genius in performing the entire Gospel, unadapted, as drama. Passion, longing, envy, greed, ambition, intrigue and betrayal...it's all here, and it is riveting."

The St. Peter's performance is part of a tour of European cathedrals.

Also this week a concert in aid of the Corrymeela Community will be held at the Elmwood Hall on Belfast's University Road on Saturday at 7:30pm. Roger Courtney, who has been involved with Corrymeela for almost 40 years, will be performing Go in Peace, a selection of songs telling the community's story.