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The Passion of Cervera is a theatrical representation of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. A tradition that began more than 500 years ago and has been continually renewed to adapt to all times.

Several stages have hosted this show: the church of Santa Maria, the Plaza Mayor, the Casal theatre, and even the Gran Teatro de La Passió, one of the largest theatres in Europe, built specifically for these performances and with a capacity for 1,700 people and three stage entrances that give the show agility and cinematic rhythm.

The text " Christ, Mystery of Passion " was written after the Civil War and has been adapted over the years; it is one of the only ones that dramatizes the Dream of Claudia, Pilate's wife, giving women a special role.

More than 300 people, including actors, technicians and customer service personnel, make this unique show possible, coordinating and collaborating to move the audience, always accompanied by captivating and original music, recorded by the Julià Carbonell Symphony Orchestra of Lleida.

However, the Passion of Cervera is not only a traditional and religious spectacle, it is also a vision of the essence of human relationships which, although humanity has evolved a lot in recent centuries, have not changed over time. Our society is not perfect.

Very often we read in the newspapers about acts of violence due to differences between different cultural or ethnic groups, prostitution as slavery, the stoning of a woman considered an adulteress, corruption in the exercise of power, suicide due to stress without having blamed an individual who was received by his or her environment.

The underlying theme of each and every one of these events is exposed in the drama of The Passion. In addition, an exaltation of personal relationships such as love, friendship and fidelity, as well as betrayal, controversy and deceit, is explicitly manifested.