Modern performances still involve a wide cross-section of the population, including professional and amateur actors, musicians and technicians, community organisations and schools groups.
The Chester Mysteries are performed every five years, over the course of three consecutive evenings. They attract audiences from all over the world and are an experience not to be missed.
The 1992 performances took place on Chester Cathedral Green in the shadow of the ancient city walls but the 2000 cycle of plays restored the ancient practice of performing from the back of a 'pageant wagon' and took place at the Cross and Town Hall Square between June 24th and July 30th. Unlike the 1992 cycle, all the performances, in the spirit of the originals, were free. The director, Nicolas Fry, said, "I am thrilled to be staging the plays in a way that echoes so beautifully the medieval tradition".
In 2008, the plays returned to Cathedral Green and admission charges were once more imposed, excluding many less well-off local people.

Here is the official Chester Mystery Plays website and the photo library at the Black & White Picture Place contains a comprehensive photographic record of the 1992 cycle of plays, all available as beautiful handmade prints.

Photographs of Liverpool
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Photographs & Drawings of
Old Chester and Liverpool