Performance

Venue	Sherman Theatre
	Also: Arena
Town	Cardiff
County	Glamorgan
From	27th May 2016
Opened	31st May 2016
To	11th June 2016
When	19:30. May 31 at 19:00. Jun 9, 11 Mats 14:30
Sherman Theatre (V824)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Production Changes

Previous details associated with this item and date of change.

Date of change: 23 May 16 - T0857401177
Date of change: 10 May 16 - T0857401177

Before I Leave

Work:: Before I Leave (S0319907586)

Before I leave I'll give you some happiness - The laughter and pain, the good that remains - Hold me tighter still, keep me safe until - Hold me close, before I leave. In Merthyr, people who are losing themselves find each other in a choir for individuals living with dementia and Alzheimer's. Joe is too young, this shouldn't be happening to him; Dyanne battles to hold on to the man she married. Evan and Rocky fight a 30-year-old fight - the miners' strike may be long gone, but the scars remain as the memories jumble and fade. Ex-librarian and mezzo-soprano Marge has lost her voice. Perhaps only the choir can help her get it back. And Isabelle won't let her spirit be locked away and forgotten in a care home that she thinks doesn't care at all.

Author

Patrick Jones

Production:: (T0857401177)

World Premiere. A funny, moving and ultimately uplifting production featuring covers of well-known songs by artists ranging from Tom Jones to the Sex Pistols, plus new music by Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers.

Producer	National Theatre Wales
Producer	Wales Millennium Centre
Director	Matthew Dunster
Design	Anna Fleischle
Design	Dick Straker (video designer)
Musical Director	Dyfan Jones
Lighting	Joe Fletcher
Sound	Ian Dickinson (for Autograph)
Costume	Angharad Matthews
Musical Director	Greg Palmer (associate musical director)
Director	Gavin Porter (emerging director)
Performer	James Ashton
Performer	Desmond Barrit
Performer	Llinos Daniel
Performer	Vern Griffiths
Performer	Celia Hewitt
Performer	Dafydd Hywel
Performer	Martin Marquez
Performer	Sara McGaughey
Performer	Gaynor Morgan Rees
Performer	Melanie Walters
Performer	Oliver Wood
Performer	Lisa Zahra
Performer	Gwawr Loader

Listing:: L01417123248

Production details

World Premiere. A funny, moving and ultimately uplifting production featuring covers of well-known songs by artists ranging from Tom Jones to the Sex Pistols, plus new music by Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers.

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Special Performances

9 Jun 16 Relaxed
11 Jun 16 Audio Described
11 Jun 16 Captioned

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