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18 & 19 February 2006 (English)
19 March 2006
(Portuguese)
The second and third performances of
the play Two Thousand Years Ago will take place at the
Oxford House in Bethnal Green at 7:30pm on the 18th
and 19th of February 2006.
The
show returns after having been well received by an audience
of nearly 250 people who attended its premiere, which
took place on the 26th November 2005 at the Waltham
Forest Theatre, London.
The play was adapted from a book given through automatic
writing to the medium Francisco Candido Xavier by the
Spirit Emmanuel who was Xavier’s Spiritual guide
for many years and together they wrote over 80 books
bringing messages of love and forgiveness.
The
book tells the story of Emmanuel in his incarnation
as a Roman Senator and in nearly 500 pages Emmanuel
tells us a heart-rending story in which betrayal, vengeance,
forgiveness and love brings spiritual enlightenment
to all those who read the book and now to those who
will watch the play.
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The
story takes place between the years 31 and 79 of the Christian
era during the Roman conquest of Palestine to where the Senator
moved with his family in search of a cure to his sick daughter.
They went to live in Capernaum where he meets Jesus and after
this meeting his daughter is cured. During his time in Palestine,
the Senator, as an envoy of the Emperor Tiberius, was involved
in the main political and religious events of the time. It
also gives us an idea of Palestine around the time of the
crucifixion of Jesus as seen by a Roman Senator and his attempts
to stop the inevitable condemnation.
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The
medium
Francisco
Candido Xavier wrote, through automatic, over
400 books, which are filled with messages of love and
forgiveness and aims to help spiritual development according
to the teachings of Jesus. The books have sold over
25 million copies and all proceedings from the sales
are donated to social works founded by Mr. Xavier seventy
years ago.
In 1981-82 Mr. Xavier was nominated to the Nobel Peace
Prize. The President of Brazil and all the leaders of
the main religious groups were present at his funeral.
READ
Alex Bellos article in The Guardian "Chico Xavier
- Brazil's leading medium, his many books were dictated
by the dead"
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The
Group
The
BUSS Theatre Group was formed in 2004 with the aim
of disseminating the Spiritist Philosophy through art for
people in the UK and in other European countries. The group
has a cast of 28 people that includes a New Zealander, Brazilians
and English amateur actors. This is the first play that the
group will perform in English and in Portuguese.
Spiritism
According
to a poll carried out by IBGE in 2004, Spiritism is a religion
with the second largest number of followers in Brazil and
it is also found in many European countries.
For more information please visit buss web site at www.buss.org.uk.
The
Director
Lucas
Johnson, 39 years old, studied drama for six years
in Sao Paulo and in Rio de Janeiro where he worked in the
theatre for many years. For the last fourteen years he has
lived in Manaus where he has developed many projects including
his adaptation in movement form of the words of the “Ecclesiastes”.
In 2002 and 2003 he took part as the Theatre Director of the
Parintins Festival. He adapted and directed the play “Two
Thousand Years Ago” which is his first major work in
London. Johnson feels that art is one of the sublime ways
of expressing the divine. The means through which we reflect
the beauty of the creator by materializing in scenic form
our spiritual vision.
When
and Where
18th
and 19th February at 7:30 pm - play presented in English.
19th of March at 7:30 pm - play presented in Portuguese.
Venue
Oxford
House
Derbyshire Street
Bethnal Green – London E2
Minimum Donation - £5.00
Contacts: 079 5078 6202 / 078 5172 3975
E-mail: edu.oliveira101@googlemail.com |
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