Lamentations of the Virgin (2019)

Written and Directed by Omkar Bhatkar


Lamentations of the virgin looks at the lesser-explored facets of the Passion. Hour of the Mother delves into the grief of Mother Mary. “There is little mention of what happens in the journey from the pieta (the image of Mother Mary holding Christ’s body) to the tomb. The play does not have a single dialogue and has very little movement. In a sixty minute voiceover monologue, the play depicts how Mother Mary removes the crown of thorns, cleans her dead son’s body drenched in blood and wraps it it linen and myrrh.

St. Andrew’s Centre for Philosophy & Performing Arts and Metamorphosis Theatre Inc presentation