Ledbury could follow in the footsteps of Oberammagau thanks to the success of its own Passion Play, And Now the Good News.

The tiny town on borders of Austria and Germany is famous for the staging a Passion Play every ten years and is firmly on the tourist map as a result.

Now organisers of Ledbury's highly-acclaimed version of the Easter story are to meet this evening (Friday) to discuss whether the show should be repeated in future years and possibly over the border in Evesham too.

Composer John Frith said: "I don't know what the future holds but its exciting to think we could make it a Ledbury-Oberammagau experience.

"It has certainly been mentioned by a number of people and even my daughter Lydia, who is ten, asked whether we could do it every year."

Mr Frith said this was something that would be talked about at this evening's meeting.

Mr Frith also revealed that Evesham curate, the Rev Dr Adam Dunning, who played Jesus in the Ledbury show, had asked whether the Passion Play might "go on the road" to Evesham.

Liz Wreford, who handled publicity for And Now the Good News, said that the committee was still very excited at the success of the inaugural show, which ran for three nights from Friday, March 30.

There was a full house at St Michael and All Angels' Church for all three shows, with more than 1,000 tickets sold.

The play involved a cast and production team of 200 people, with rehearsals beginning in earnest from October.

Mr Frith, who co-wrote the show with librettist and director Ian Craigan, praised the "tremendous effort" put in by everyone.

The video scenes providing a backdrop to the play, showing Christ in procession up Church Lane and in conversation with Pilate, were provided by Triumvirate Films of Leominster, which has also expressed it support for the idea of repeating the event.