A crowd favourite from the 25/26 season is returning to the stage at the MiR! There’s hardly a story more suited to the extended run-up to Christmas than that of Brian Cohen, who was born in a stable in Bethlehem in the year 0 BC. However, on this very night, the Three Wise Men are not heading to the Cohen family’s home, but to the house next door, where Jesus also came into the world. The potential for confusion between the two very different neighbouring children continues into adulthood, when Brian joins the resistance against the Romans and is mistakenly taken for the Messiah …
The musical, based on the cult Monty Python film *Life of Brian*, spares no religious sentiment, no laugh muscle and no musical style from Eric Idle’s lovingly irreverent mash-up.
What the press said:
“Hallelujah!”
Wolfgang Platzeck (WAZ)
“It doesn’t get much more cheerful than this.”
Holger Jehle (Abenteuer Ruhrpott)