Thursday matinee was always going to be special.  Patrick Jones wrote the play based on his work with the Cwm Taf Choir in Merthyr.  He had taken their stories, their concerns, their struggles with an uncomprehending world, and put them into Before I Leave.  Now the members of the choir were sitting in the Sherman foyer and the cast was in the audience. It couldn’t be anything other than moving and inspiring.  I noticed some things my character has tried to do on stage, such as getting help to find the right page in the music but most of all we couldn’t miss the joy of a group of friends just singing together.