Saltmine
Faith Motivated Arts
National productions
In a city just like yours, hope is in short supply. Cynicism reigns; power overrides justice; lying is as easy as breathing. Until one day, a series of peculiar events begin to splinter normality: the sick rise from their beds, the dead live again and the oppressed glimpse a life worth living. For the first time, the city's bloodstream seems to thrum with change. At the centre of it all: a strange man radiating love. But who is he? And how long before the powers that be crack down on this subversive, this radical, this 'Liberator'?
Inspired by the work of Rob Lacey and reimagined by Richard Hasnip, The Liberator is a passionate retelling of the life and teaching of Jesus. Told in a modern idiom, this is a gospel at once faithful and utterly fresh.
DATES
Contact us directly for future tour opportunities.
DURATION
60-70 minute production
COST
£1,050 + vehicle donation for
mid-week dates
£1,150 + vehicle donation for
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
mid-week dates
£1,150 + vehicle donation for
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays
SUITABILITY
Ideal for adults, students, and secondary-aged youth
REQUIREMENTS
A performance space of 6m wide by 6m deep by 5m high is needed for staging this show. Venues– large churches/ community halls/ theatres.
Georgian London is the centre of empire, the crucible of the New Jerusalem. Her gutters run with effluent and blood and her skies are choked with the smoke of a hundred factories and foundries, but above the smoke, the stars will shine. George Williams is a country boy who comes to the city to find his place in the world, and to make his mark. Appalled by the spirit-crushing rhythms of worker’s life, he fights to spread the light of God, and create a place where the soul can be nurtured.
“We are more than bodies to be fed to a machine. We are made for more than work. We have souls, we have spirits and somewhere in this dead city there must be a place for those things.”- George Williams, founder of the YMCA.
"Today I had the great experience of watching 'The Soul in the Machine;' – having worked for the YMCA for 15 years watching this play made me realise even more why I love my job so much and why we do what we do.....Go and see it if you can...you won't be disappointed...thank you to the cast for a great and memorable experience"- YMCA worker, Stoke – 2016 tour