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Theatre: We Were There

This is the story of three ordinary people in Jerusalem in the lead-up to the crucifixion of Jesus. Devised and directed by Dolores Mannion of the Cork Arts Theatre, the play is based on Gospel stories, including the miracle of the loaves and the fishes, and the cripple who walks thanks to Jesus’s intervention.

There are just three characters: Bina, sensitively played by Martina Carroll; her sister, Esther, whose changing attitude towards Jesus is well-conveyed by Antoinette Hilliard; and Bina’s adult son, Avraham (Mark Cosgrave), a guard at the temple.