Details

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. 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.

Cast/Performers

James Ashton, Desmond Barrit, Llinos Daniel, Vern Griffiths, Celia Hewitt, Dafydd Hywel, Martin Marquez, Sara McGaughey, Gaynor Morgan Rees, Melanie Walters, Oliver Wood, Lisa Zahra, Gwawr Loader

Creatives/Company

Author: Patrick Jones
Producer(s): National Theatre Wales, Wales Millennium Centre
Director(s): Matthew Dunster, Gavin Porter (emerging director)
Design(s): Anna Fleischle, Dick Straker (video designer)
Musical Director(s): Dyfan Jones, Greg Palmer (associate musical director)
Lighting: Joe Fletcher
Sound: Ian Dickinson (for Autograph)
Costume: Angharad Matthews