On a dusty road leading to Jerusalem, a woman stumbles towards her judgement. Just weeks later, Jesus will take the same road, on his way to the cross. In Capernaum, the town they both call home, they are rejected. In the temple where they worship, they are condemned. The synagogue leader plots to destroy them both.

Inheritance is the new Passion play from Riding Lights Theatre Company, and it weaves the strands of the biblical Passion into a dramatic new narrative, exploring in particular some of Jesus’ encounters with women in the gospels.

The play evokes the community in which Jesus lived, the people who knew him best, and the powers that brought him to execution. And, in the shadow of the cross, it casts light on some of the women who Jesus stands alongside, sharing in their suffering.

The performance is structured to ensure that the audience has time to reflect on Christ’s Passion and to make their own response at the foot of the cross.

  • Chorleywood Primary School, Stag Lane, Chorleywood, March 28, 7.30pm. Details: Chorleywood Bookshop, 01923 283566, chorleywoodbookshop.co.uk