![]() In fact, the monologues of this production are where the cast really shine. Ellis in particular delivers a highly accomplished monologue as they tirade against Satan (Saul Bailey), allowing the audience a glimpse behind Cunningham’s façade of unshakeable confidence. The two lawyers, Fabiana Aziza Cunningham (Roma Ellis) and Yusef El-Fayoumy (Ayush Prasad) skilfully develop a nuanced dynamic, moving beyond stereotypical banter into deeper emotional territory. Rishi Sharma is an appropriately enigmatic Judas, keeping the audience guessing right until his heart-breaking emotional scene with Jesus (Jago Wainwright) at the end of the play. The performances of the cast are nothing short of incredible. Tackling themes of truth, justice, and natural law alongside fabulously comic cameos from great thinkers of history, this production is bravely ambitious in scope. Louise Dai and Hannah Samuel-Ogbu’s production of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot takes this religious history and flips it on its head, staging a hilarious, confronting, and unquestionably thought-provoking account of Judas’ imaginary court case. ![]() Selling his loyalty to Jesus, his best friend, for money, causing the death of the Messiah, and not even staying alive to face the consequences of his actions – there doesn’t seem to be anyone worse. Judas Iscariot is the epitome of the popular idea of a sinner.
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