JESUS Christ Superstar is a dramatised version of the last seven days in the life of Jesus of Nazareth and with the Kelty influence very evident, Monday night's dress rehearsal suggested this is going to be another excellent show for the organisation.

The show sees the Kelty cast tackle one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's famous productions and it is yet another tough ask for this talented team.

But they could not have picked a better man for the role of Jesus Christ than Darren.

He has been prominent in many of KMA's best shows and in this one his fantastic voice in a show of many songs is perfection for the person playing the Son of God.

Judas is the person who is concerned for the poor and the consequences of Jesus's fame and is expertly portrayed by Steven Smyth.

His acting and singing is excellent and he plays the role of the person who can see that things are going badly awry and that all the good work Jesus has done may soon be swept away.

Mary Magdalene, portrayed by Mia Oudeh, is a female follower of Jesus who finds herself falling in love with him, is a key part in this show and is superb at trying to calm Jesus with an expensive ointment and tells him not to get worried! Judas snatches the ointment from her and accuses her of wasting resources which would be better served helping the poor. Mia plays the role with total aplomb and has a lovely voice.

A mass of people surround Jesus as he triumphantly arrives in Jerusalem.

The crowd tells Jesus that they love and believe in him. Simon Zealotes, played by the highly talented Peter Tomassi tries to convince Jesus that he has the power to motivate the crowds to rebel against the Romans.

Waking in the dead of night, Pontius Pilate, played by Mark Grieve, recounts a dream which has been troubling him for many months. The dream focuses on a charismatic man. Pilate finds himself in a room full of people baying for this man’s blood. The dream ends with an image of millions of people mourning the man’s death and leaving Pilate with the blame. Mark has the ability to adapt to any role and this one is no different.

Act II begins with Jesus gathering his twelve apostles together. He knows what lies ahead and asks his friends to remember him when they eat and drink. Looking around at their blank faces, Jesus becomes incensed and tells them that he must be mad to think that any of them will remember him after he dies.

Left alone in the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus ponders his fate, questioning whether he can go through with what he knows lies in store over the next three days.

Jesus is brought before Pilate. However as Jesus comes from Galilee, Pilate does not feel that he comes under his jurisdiction and instructs the guards to take him to King Herod, played by Fraser McLoughlin.

Herod has heard about the many miracles Jesus has performed and he wants Jesus to prove that he’s divine by changing water into wine or walking across his swimming pool! Throughout Herod’s tirade, Jesus sits in silence. Infuriated, King Herod throws Jesus out of his house. Fraser certainly comes over as someone that handles this role well.

With Jesus locked in a cell, Mary and the apostles can see that everything they had hoped for has gone horribly wrong. They wish they could turn the clock back and start again.

Jesus is once again brought before Pilate. A mob, led by the Priests, is screaming for Jesus to be crucified. Pilate believes that the man before him has done nothing wrong. He asks Jesus if he is the King of the Jews to which Jesus simply replies, “It’s you that say I am.” To appease the crowd, Pilate flogs Jesus 39 times!