To attend this concert in person: click here to reserve your seat.
THE PRIEST's TALE
An evening remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
with Michael Mears and Chihiro Ono
The riveting story of a miraculous suitcase, a daring escape and the devastation wreaked on a city in one instant by one bomb…
Newly revised and staged for live performance, THE PRIEST’S TALE by actor/playwright Michael Mears is his adaptation of one of the atomic-bomb survivors’ accounts from John Hersey’s remarkable book HIROSHIMA.
Father Wilhelm was a German Jesuit priest living in Hiroshima, who survived the blast but witnessed much of the destruction. He later succumbed to radiation sickness. Enacting his story with vivid, compelling detail, he is a man filled with compassion for those less lucky than himself, doing whatever he can despite his own frailties. THE PRIEST’S TALE is a clear-eyed depiction of the pity of war…and of the terror wrought at the start of our nuclear age.
Live musical accompaniment will be provided by London-based Japanese violinist CHIHIRO ONO.
Followed by ANTONY OWEN – Peace Poet
Introduced by Kate Hudson, chair of CND
This event is supported by CND, with all donations being shared by Sands Films and CND.
‘An extraordinary piece of theatre. Exceptional performance, incredible script.’
Jo Siedlecka INDEPENDENT CATHOLIC NEWS
Donate to support CND, the technical team and our overheads.
Thank you
To attend this concert in person: click here to reserve your seat.
THE PRIEST's TALE
An evening remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
with Michael Mears and Chihiro Ono
The riveting story of a miraculous suitcase, a daring escape and the devastation wreaked on a city in one instant by one bomb…
Newly revised and staged for live performance, THE PRIEST’S TALE by actor/playwright Michael Mears is his adaptation of one of the atomic-bomb survivors’ accounts from John Hersey’s remarkable book HIROSHIMA.
Father Wilhelm was a German Jesuit priest living in Hiroshima, who survived the blast but witnessed much of the destruction. He later succumbed to radiation sickness. Enacting his story with vivid, compelling detail, he is a man filled with compassion for those less lucky than himself, doing whatever he can despite his own frailties. THE PRIEST’S TALE is a clear-eyed depiction of the pity of war…and of the terror wrought at the start of our nuclear age.
Live musical accompaniment will be provided by London-based Japanese violinist CHIHIRO ONO.
Followed by ANTONY OWEN – Peace Poet
Introduced by Kate Hudson, chair of CND
This event is supported by CND, with all donations being shared by Sands Films and CND.
‘An extraordinary piece of theatre. Exceptional performance, incredible script.’
Jo Siedlecka INDEPENDENT CATHOLIC NEWS
Donate to support CND, the technical team and our overheads.
Thank you