The
Bradshaw Mummers are a street theatre group, performing traditional and
contemporary plays based on the medieval mumming traditions of death and
re-birth and the triumph of good over evil.
Although most
of their scripts are written by members of the group, the performances
combine both old and new with the emphasis on entertainment - presenting
the plays to modern-day audiences while remaining faithful to the origins
of a unique form of theatre including the blacking of faces, echoing the
tradition that actors believed themselves cursed by the Devil if they
were recognised.
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