A full-scale re-enactment of the Passion of Jesus is returning to Trafalgar Square this Good Friday in central London.

First performed in 2010 by the Wintershall company, the open-air The Passion of Jesus production, commemorating the day Jesus was arrested, tried and crucified by the Romans, before miraculously rising from the dead on Easter Sunday; is brought to life by a cast of over a hundred, dressed in full costume, performing alongside horses, doves and a donkey.

“We are happy to be bringing the story of Jesus back to the city this year,” says producer Charlotte de Klee, a church-going cradle Catholic, whose family is behind the religious theatrical endeavour. “This play belongs to London and speaks not only to those of the Christian faith, but to all faiths and traditions and those who have none. Over the years the vast audiences the play has attracted stands as testimony to that.”