National Theatre Wales’ final production of their inaugural year was a masterful play that was acted as a common act of creation, while skillfully weaving memories, seemingly both real and imaginary into a unifying spectacle. Based on the traditional Passion play it was by turns epic and particular, dramatic and poignant. In real time, over 72 hours, Port Talbot turned into a multi-platform, multi-reality stage.

Even by dawn on Good Friday – where the somewhat secret dawn…