A spiritual and sensual experience, Gospels Of Childhood is a three-part ritualistic lamentation on birth, death, pleasure and pain, told through song, chanting and movement.

Staged by Teatr ZAR, Gospels Of Childhood is performed in both the Barbican Pit and St Giles Church.

Part 1: Gospels Of Childhood / The Overture (St Giles)
Based on texts from the little known apocryphal gospels, this overture to the triptych tells the story of resurrection; its musical structure is based on the polyphonic singing tradition of Georgia, Bulgaria and Greece.

Part 2: Caesarean Section / Essays On Suicide (Barbican Pit)
Exploring the question of freedom and its limitations, Caesarean Section draws on the music of Corsica, through which Bulgarian, Romanian, Icelandic and Chechen songs are interwoven.

Part 3: Anhelli / The Calling (St Giles)
A tribute to the Polish Romantic poet Juliusz Slowacki and his poem about possession by an angel, Anhelli’s musical score is inspired by Byzantine and Sardinian Paschal hymns.

One ticket will be issued for all three parts of Gospels Of Childhood, which can be collected from the St Giles box office.

Gospels Of Childhood is part of POLSKA! Year in the UK and is suitable for theatregoers aged 12 and older.