0:00:02 > 0:00:06DRUMBEATS
0:00:06 > 0:00:09PLAINTIVE SINGING
0:00:11 > 0:00:15Here, on the seafront of the South Wales town of Port Talbot,
0:00:15 > 0:00:18a crowd of at least 10,000 people are gathering
0:00:18 > 0:00:22for an event they are unlikely to have experienced before.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29The atmosphere is confused, boisterous and thoughtful.
0:00:29 > 0:00:34Excited and fearful, they've all come here to witness...
0:00:36 > 0:00:38..a crucifixion.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48This town is about to become a stage,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52and this community is about to become the cast
0:00:52 > 0:00:56in perhaps the most ambitious theatrical event ever seen in Wales -
0:00:56 > 0:01:01an epic staging of the story of The Passion by National Theatre Wales.
0:01:01 > 0:01:05The director, lead actor and the inspiration is this man.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07I'm not a Christian,
0:01:07 > 0:01:10but I am someone who is fascinated by the figure of Christ.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12So I'm coming at it from the point of view of someone
0:01:12 > 0:01:14who is fascinated by this story,
0:01:14 > 0:01:20fascinated by this figure, and trying to discover and reveal
0:01:20 > 0:01:21what this means to me now
0:01:21 > 0:01:23through the prism of the town that I grew up in.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27Over the last few months, Michael Sheen and his team
0:01:27 > 0:01:31have undertaken a huge project to collect personal stories
0:01:31 > 0:01:35from every street and alley of this industrial town
0:01:35 > 0:01:37and use them to transform the story of The Passion
0:01:37 > 0:01:43into a story with the blood of Port Talbot running through its veins.
0:01:43 > 0:01:45# You're gonna hold my body down. #
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Listen to ME, now.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Now, finally, after weeks of intensive preparation,
0:01:50 > 0:01:55the involvement of practically every organisation, charity and club,
0:01:55 > 0:02:01and with 1,000 cast members from the town, the show is ready to begin.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02So just do it with confidence.
0:02:02 > 0:02:08In fact, the build-up to the play began 40 days and nights ago
0:02:08 > 0:02:12when posters started appearing around the town.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16A teacher from a local school had gone missing.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25Then early this Good Friday morning,
0:02:25 > 0:02:29the man was spotted down here on the beach.
0:02:29 > 0:02:35The Passion performance began at dawn with an unadvertised and mystical sequence of events.
0:02:38 > 0:02:40MAN SHOUTS
0:02:41 > 0:02:44SINGING
0:02:49 > 0:02:54It's now Friday afternoon, and the beach is literally teeming with people
0:02:54 > 0:02:59waiting for the first official scene of the play to get underway.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Already it's getting quite buzzy.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02It's quite full.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04It feels authentic already.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06It feels like there's something special going to happen.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09A regatta or, you know, we're going to meet the Queen or something.
0:03:09 > 0:03:12So, yeah, I'm terribly excited.
0:03:12 > 0:03:143 o'clock, and the audience on the beach
0:03:14 > 0:03:17is estimated at well over 5,000.
0:03:17 > 0:03:22It's so lovely to have something that's happening all around the town in Port Talbot.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25It's just such a huge boost for the town.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Among the waiting crowd,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30there's a diverse mixture of community performers.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32In the play, I'm a policeman.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37I've got three parts. I'm a policeman mainly, three quarters of the play.
0:03:37 > 0:03:40I'm a ghost and I'm also a sleepwalker in the old people's home.
0:03:40 > 0:03:42For the audience gathering on the beach,
0:03:42 > 0:03:45it's already abundantly clear that this is not going to be
0:03:45 > 0:03:48a traditional telling of the Easter story.
0:03:48 > 0:03:50This is not a traditional Passion play, obviously.
0:03:50 > 0:03:55There are no characters called Jesus and God and Judas and Mary.
0:03:55 > 0:03:56It's more...
0:03:56 > 0:03:59the narrative of The Passion
0:03:59 > 0:04:01has been filtered through this town, through Port Talbot.
0:04:01 > 0:04:05I know that the aspirations that we had from early on was to not just
0:04:05 > 0:04:08make that Passion story known but to actually make it new
0:04:08 > 0:04:11and to also make it relevant, hopefully to a wider audience,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14but especially to people who are living here now.
0:04:14 > 0:04:15So we have created a world
0:04:15 > 0:04:19for these three days which is and is not Port Talbot.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21Perhaps it's Port Talbot slightly in the future.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26If I could have your attention, please,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29I'd like to introduce our mayor.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Finally the play begins,
0:04:31 > 0:04:34with the appearance of a group of very realistic dignitaries.
0:04:34 > 0:04:40Ladies and gentlemen, you have no idea how pleased I am
0:04:40 > 0:04:44to see so many of you here today.
0:04:44 > 0:04:49As you know, this is a big day for our town.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53It's a big day for all of us. Yes...
0:04:53 > 0:04:56The mayor, his cronies and what looks like the whole town
0:04:56 > 0:04:58are paraded here on the beach,
0:04:58 > 0:05:04waiting to welcome a senior executive from a company called ICU.
0:05:04 > 0:05:09As the play reveals, ICU are a global international corporation
0:05:09 > 0:05:14who, over the last five years, have taken over the entire town.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18It seems that our guest has been just a little delayed,
0:05:18 > 0:05:21so perhaps this would be a good time
0:05:21 > 0:05:27to have one final rehearsal of our entertainment before he arrives.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- Is that a good idea, Simon? - Yes, yes. I think so.
0:05:29 > 0:05:35Ladies and gentlemen, our youth gymnastics team.
0:05:35 > 0:05:39HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS
0:05:46 > 0:05:49CHOIR SINGS
0:05:57 > 0:05:59# I'm gonna let it shine
0:05:59 > 0:06:02# This little light of mine
0:06:02 > 0:06:05# I'm gonna let it shine
0:06:05 > 0:06:08# This little light of mine
0:06:08 > 0:06:11# I'm gonna let it shine Let it shine... #
0:06:11 > 0:06:15At last, a flotilla of boats is spotted on the horizon.
0:06:17 > 0:06:21Ladies and gentlemen, I have just been told
0:06:21 > 0:06:25that he will be here any second.
0:06:25 > 0:06:31So, ladies and gentlemen, let's remember to do ourselves proud.
0:06:31 > 0:06:36Let us remember to show our gratitude.
0:06:36 > 0:06:39Keep an eye on the man next to you. Stay in line.
0:06:39 > 0:06:41The ICU executive lands on the beach
0:06:41 > 0:06:45with his own heavily armed security unit.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47Stay back! I am not joking.
0:06:47 > 0:06:51..Historic occasion indeed, for how many times in our lives
0:06:51 > 0:06:56are we honoured by such a distinguished guest?
0:06:56 > 0:07:00A man of great generosity.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03APPLAUSE
0:07:07 > 0:07:10We have much to celebrate today.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13Five years of working together,
0:07:13 > 0:07:19five years of a unique relationship between this town and ICU.
0:07:19 > 0:07:23APPLAUSE Five years... Thank you.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27Five years of building on the experience of the...
0:07:27 > 0:07:29SCREAMING
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Stand still!
0:07:31 > 0:07:33Everybody stay still.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Don't try anything.
0:07:35 > 0:07:41Shoot her and I'll detonate them. I will. I'm warning you, stay back.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43Nobody move. You...
0:07:43 > 0:07:49This reluctant suicide bomber has been sent as a message to ICU
0:07:49 > 0:07:51and the company man.
0:07:51 > 0:07:53And the man with the finger on the button
0:07:53 > 0:07:56launches into an angry tirade against ICU
0:07:56 > 0:07:59for its exploitation of the town.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03You company men have got your teeth deep in our throats,
0:08:03 > 0:08:04bleeding us working men dry.
0:08:04 > 0:08:08ICU? Well, I see you, all right.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13I see you in that fake, false council around you.
0:08:13 > 0:08:18I see you and your stories and your lies.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22Hey, I told you, do anything and I'll do it. I will!
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- I'm warning you, I will.- Please!
0:08:24 > 0:08:29As this volatile situation develops, down on the beach,
0:08:29 > 0:08:33a lone figure has begun to make his way through the crowd.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36The missing teacher has returned.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39I'll do it. I will! I will. I am, I'm warning you.
0:08:39 > 0:08:42- Please!- I am, I am.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46NO!
0:08:46 > 0:08:48I see you.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51From amongst the crowd, the teacher calls out.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53I see you.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57I don't understand. What's happening?
0:08:57 > 0:09:00- Why are you here? - SHE SOBS
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Why are you here?
0:09:01 > 0:09:03He tricked me!
0:09:03 > 0:09:05He made me do it.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07Who?
0:09:07 > 0:09:10Him...up there.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12I trusted him.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14Joanne...
0:09:15 > 0:09:17..do you see me?
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Look at me.
0:09:32 > 0:09:35Good, good, good. Give me the jacket, give me the jacket.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Take this. Take this and get it clear. Where's the locals?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Who's in charge? What's your name?
0:09:41 > 0:09:43- Phillips. - Get this people off the slip.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47- Find out who that kid is. - I need to speak to you...
0:09:47 > 0:09:49As the action subsides,
0:09:49 > 0:09:52and the teacher, now accompanied by Joanne, the suicide bomber,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55disappears into the crowd,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58the audience are beginning to put together the pieces
0:09:58 > 0:10:01of what they have just witnessed.
0:10:01 > 0:10:05I didn't know what was real and what was not!
0:10:05 > 0:10:08She was a bit worried that the guns were real, but I said they weren't.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11I thought it was really great entertainment.
0:10:11 > 0:10:12- It was good, wasn't it?- Yeah.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16It's realistic, isn't it, in a way? It happened fragmented and it's a bit chaotic,
0:10:16 > 0:10:20but it feels like something is actually happening and it does feel really like theatre,
0:10:20 > 0:10:24but also like something real. People were starting to get a bit affected by it.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27The company man, his entourage
0:10:27 > 0:10:30and much of the audience have headed into the town.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34It's a 45-minute walk into the Civic Centre,
0:10:34 > 0:10:39and Michael, the teacher, has taken the scenic route along the river,
0:10:39 > 0:10:43accompanied by Joanne and a large number of other followers
0:10:43 > 0:10:47who must be wondering exactly where they are headed.
0:10:51 > 0:10:55As the teacher decides to take a break and stop for a picnic,
0:10:55 > 0:10:58the crowds are already gathering in the town
0:10:58 > 0:11:01for the beginning of the next instalment.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06A security cordon has been thrown up around Port Talbot Civic Centre,
0:11:06 > 0:11:09with access denied to all but The Passion ticket holders.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15There's already hundreds of faces pressed up against the heavy-duty fencing
0:11:15 > 0:11:17waiting to see what will happen next.
0:11:17 > 0:11:19Didn't know there was a play, like.
0:11:19 > 0:11:24I've been on the beach all day and I seen some of the guns and all that, so I'm curious, like.
0:11:24 > 0:11:27We've got Michael Sheen doing something in Port Talbot.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30So I wondered what was going on. We've seen the snipers on the roof,
0:11:30 > 0:11:34so we want to know what they're here for.
0:11:34 > 0:11:37We're hoping they're don't start firing off at us.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40We ain't done nothing, know what I mean? Getting a bit worried.
0:11:40 > 0:11:44The next scene is billed as an important announcement from ICU,
0:11:44 > 0:11:49and a public screen is already pumping out promotional material from the corporation.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Meanwhile, backstage,
0:11:52 > 0:11:56the security guards - all members of a local rugby club -
0:11:56 > 0:11:58are getting into character.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- Everyone's clear what they are? - Yeah.- Awesome.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06Stay cool. If anyone tries to engage you, just ignore them, OK?
0:12:06 > 0:12:10BRASS BAND PLAYS
0:12:10 > 0:12:13It's 7pm, and the scene begins
0:12:13 > 0:12:17as the company man takes to the podium, accompanied by the mayor.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19BOOING
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Hello... Oh, thank you, thank you.
0:12:21 > 0:12:24Thank you very much.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Thank you. I'm glad to see so many of you here this evening,
0:12:27 > 0:12:32so many of you undeterred by the unfortunate events of this afternoon.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35Let us be clear,
0:12:35 > 0:12:40what we were all witness to was an act of pure cowardice,
0:12:40 > 0:12:41an act of terror.
0:12:41 > 0:12:46This is a town ready for change.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50This is a town ready to embrace the bold new vision
0:12:50 > 0:12:55that I place before you today with a brave new vision of the future
0:12:55 > 0:12:58that we call the Passover Project.
0:13:00 > 0:13:05A great new road leading this town into a glorious future.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Not surprisingly, this announcement of a new road
0:13:09 > 0:13:13strikes a bitter chord in a town that had its centre bulldozed
0:13:13 > 0:13:16to make way for the M4 in the late 1960s.
0:13:16 > 0:13:21With this new Passover Project, the company and I will continue
0:13:21 > 0:13:25looking out for your future. Thank you very much.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29In fact, the company's construction plans seem to be already underway.
0:13:29 > 0:13:34Families have begun to be evicted to clear a path for the new highway.
0:13:34 > 0:13:35What could we do about it?
0:13:35 > 0:13:38They said we had five minutes to collect our things and leave.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42And what can you do in five minutes?
0:13:42 > 0:13:47And they ripped off our door, our front door, and ripped it off.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50Yeah, and what's going to happen to our homes?
0:13:50 > 0:13:52Where are we going to go now?
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Please, don't be alarmed. Please.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Clearly...
0:13:56 > 0:13:57CROWD JEERS
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Please!
0:14:03 > 0:14:04Ladies and gentlemen, please!
0:14:04 > 0:14:10I want to speak to our enemies now, the enemies of this town.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14You are a cancer on this town. I know you're out there.
0:14:14 > 0:14:19You will alert one of my security forces here to protect you,
0:14:19 > 0:14:22and they will be only too happy to assist.
0:14:22 > 0:14:26ICU! We see you!
0:14:26 > 0:14:29CHAOTIC SHOUTING
0:14:33 > 0:14:34GUNSHOT
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- SCREAMS AND GASPS - Get back from the fence!
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Who are you?
0:15:05 > 0:15:07I'm...
0:15:09 > 0:15:11I am...
0:15:15 > 0:15:18If you've got something to say,
0:15:18 > 0:15:20then say it.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25I've come to listen!
0:15:27 > 0:15:29You, get back there. Who's the local police?
0:15:29 > 0:15:33Get the cordon outside here. My men, back inside the cordon. Make a gap!
0:15:33 > 0:15:35Move here, now! Make a gap.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Get this woman up. Get this woman up.
0:15:39 > 0:15:40Make me a gap.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43SCREAMING AND JEERING
0:15:52 > 0:15:54Once again, the teacher vanishes,
0:15:54 > 0:15:58and the ICU heavies retreat with the body of the protestor.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03I thought it was quite scary, to be honest. Really scary, yeah,
0:16:03 > 0:16:05cos we didn't know what was going to happen
0:16:05 > 0:16:08and we didn't know who the people were or anything.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12And they were coming through by us and everything and...
0:16:12 > 0:16:15we didn't know what was happening, so...we were scared.
0:16:15 > 0:16:21I couldn't hear a pin drop, you know, especially with the people singing over there, it was beautiful.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26And everybody, well, it was as if somebody that they knew had died
0:16:26 > 0:16:29and everybody was just watching it, and they were telling everybody
0:16:29 > 0:16:32to leave, and they didn't want to leave, because they just...
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Oh, my good God, it was their own natural reaction.
0:16:35 > 0:16:42# ..Will rise again at dawn... #
0:16:42 > 0:16:44For Michael and the rest of the actors,
0:16:44 > 0:16:48the performance continues nonstop for three days,
0:16:48 > 0:16:51and after the shooting in the Civic Centre,
0:16:51 > 0:16:55the teacher and a small band of followers escape for the night
0:16:55 > 0:16:57onto the hill above the town.
0:16:57 > 0:17:04# ..And sleep. #
0:17:15 > 0:17:18It's Saturday morning on day two of The Passion,
0:17:18 > 0:17:21and central Port Talbot is filled with audience and shoppers
0:17:21 > 0:17:24chatting and trying to work out what went on yesterday.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27It gave us goose pimples watching it.
0:17:27 > 0:17:32It's quite awesome to see what was going on, you know. We didn't know what to expect.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36We're afraid to miss anything, aren't we?
0:17:37 > 0:17:41By midday, the centre of the mall is packed.
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Nobody's quite sure what's going to happen.
0:17:43 > 0:17:47There are a few odd faces amongst the crowd.
0:17:50 > 0:17:54As well as a heavy security presence.
0:17:55 > 0:18:00Suddenly, the day's events kick off with an unexpected outburst.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Resistance! United! We'll never be defeated!
0:18:04 > 0:18:08LOUD CHANTING
0:18:08 > 0:18:12Resistance! United! We'll never be defeated!
0:18:12 > 0:18:15Resistance! United! We'll never be defeated!
0:18:19 > 0:18:22ICU, we see you! ICU...
0:18:22 > 0:18:24Frustrated by the demonstrators,
0:18:24 > 0:18:28the security forces clear the audience from the building.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32Once evacuated from the shopping centre,
0:18:32 > 0:18:36they are guided to the next scene in nearby Llewellyn Street,
0:18:36 > 0:18:40a road that was literally chopped in half by the M4 overpass
0:18:40 > 0:18:47and that has given The Passion the inspiration for ICU's so-called Passover Project.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Here, below the motorway,
0:18:52 > 0:18:56the audience enters a world of stories and memories of the past,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00voices from the margins of Port Talbot society.
0:19:00 > 0:19:04It's the teacher who welcomes the audience into the street
0:19:04 > 0:19:07and he then approaches a young girl in the crowd.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I see you.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Come forward, come here.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14Chloe is one of the many local people
0:19:14 > 0:19:18whose personal stories have found expression in the play.
0:19:18 > 0:19:19Hello, there.
0:19:19 > 0:19:23GIRL MAKES SING-SONG SOUNDS AND THEY REPEAT THEM BACK TO HER
0:19:24 > 0:19:29- Who's this?- This is Chloe. I'm afraid she can't speak,
0:19:29 > 0:19:31at least not in a way you'd understand.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Although she cannot talk
0:19:34 > 0:19:37and has to cope with some profound disabilities,
0:19:37 > 0:19:40Chloe has her own vibrant method of communicating,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42using sounds and movements.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44- THEY CLAP - Ready?- Ready?
0:19:44 > 0:19:50In Llewellyn Street, her unique language is transformed into dance and music.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51ALL: Ready?
0:19:54 > 0:19:55Ready?
0:19:57 > 0:19:58PERCUSSION
0:20:13 > 0:20:15Chloe...
0:20:15 > 0:20:17I need to ask you a favour.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- GIRL'S VOICE:- Ask me anything. - I need to borrow your father.
0:20:21 > 0:20:24I'm going on a journey, just for a day or so.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Where are you going?
0:20:26 > 0:20:28I don't know yet...
0:20:28 > 0:20:31but I think someone's gonna show me the way.
0:20:31 > 0:20:32And when they do?
0:20:33 > 0:20:36I'll follow it.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40But I don't want to follow it alone
0:20:40 > 0:20:42or in silence.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45That's why I need your father.
0:20:46 > 0:20:49Will you let him come?
0:20:49 > 0:20:50Yes.
0:20:50 > 0:20:56He will lead your dance, he will come.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59APPLAUSE
0:21:01 > 0:21:04Can you see me?
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Can you see me?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Anyone see me?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I used to be over there,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12but now I'm here.
0:21:12 > 0:21:15Sometimes I'm both.
0:21:15 > 0:21:19This is Alfie, a figure based on a well-known local character.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21As the teacher disappears,
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Alfie draws the audience back to the time
0:21:24 > 0:21:27when the street still had two sides.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Used to be a street over there,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32spit of this one, it was, like looking in a mirror.
0:21:34 > 0:21:37All gone now, of course.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39The '60s,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42that's when it arrived,
0:21:42 > 0:21:43the monstrosity.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49Came clodhopping in with its big, stone legs and parked itself over there,
0:21:49 > 0:21:51not so much as a by-your-leave, thank you very much.
0:21:51 > 0:21:56You can't go anywhere in this town without it looking at you, watching you.
0:21:56 > 0:22:01Alfie can still see the ghosts of his old neighbours
0:22:01 > 0:22:03haunting the pillars.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09When the bulldozers came, we had to go live down the estate.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12Not the same. But there you are.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16From the minute those houses came down, I haven't had a proper night's sleep since, not one.
0:22:16 > 0:22:23My mother said she used to find me walking all over the place all night long, all over.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Trying to find my way back.
0:22:25 > 0:22:30And then years later, I found my way back. Well, you know me - nothing if not dogged.
0:22:31 > 0:22:35I live by here now...on this side.
0:22:35 > 0:22:38I thought once I got back, I might get to sleep, but no.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Well, I can see THEM, can't I?
0:22:41 > 0:22:45I stand up at the window all night, like, watching 'em on the other side over there.
0:22:45 > 0:22:50All sorts going on. Well, you can't sleep with all that carrying on.
0:22:50 > 0:22:52I stand up at the window
0:22:52 > 0:22:54watching them.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57Look...look now.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59Do you see?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Do you see us?
0:23:01 > 0:23:07- Can you hear me?- Can you hear us? - Do you see me?
0:23:07 > 0:23:11- ALL:- Look for us, look for us.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16I'm not ashamed to say I cried when I seen the scene.
0:23:16 > 0:23:20- I think it was done beautifully. - Very nice, yes.
0:23:20 > 0:23:24I think, when I seen the people there,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27I could imagine that could be your grandparents.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32Being there and...I don't know,
0:23:32 > 0:23:34saying what those people were saying.
0:23:34 > 0:23:40- Like...- The feelings was there when the houses go down.- Yeah, the feelings, the houses went down.
0:23:40 > 0:23:44# There's a shadow hanging over us... #
0:23:44 > 0:23:48Over the day, there have been other scenes in the town centre,
0:23:48 > 0:23:50but the highlight of the Passion Saturday
0:23:50 > 0:23:55is the evening's much-advertised Last Supper party
0:23:55 > 0:23:59in the Seaside Social Club on Port Talbot's vast Sandfields estate.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04# Those who may depart I'm sure they must be broken-hearted
0:24:05 > 0:24:06# Hey! #
0:24:09 > 0:24:14Welcome to the Seaside Social Club, and to those of you outside,
0:24:14 > 0:24:19a big shout to our visitors, come from all over the world to see this.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22# There are no secrets in this small town
0:24:22 > 0:24:24# Nothing that's yours... #
0:24:24 > 0:24:27The musical line-up is meant to be a secret,
0:24:27 > 0:24:31but word has leaked out, and a huge crowd is gathering in the car park
0:24:31 > 0:24:36to watch the next stage of the Passion story unfold.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Well, something like this, us coming together,
0:24:41 > 0:24:46brings a closeness, and there's no violence, there's no attitude.
0:24:46 > 0:24:48It's lovely, and we need more of it, I think.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Something for the community, and we all agree, we're all just saying,
0:24:52 > 0:24:56- that's why we all get together, like, innit, to be part of the town.- Yeah.- It's good, like.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01# You may leave but you never get out... #
0:25:01 > 0:25:05It's going fantastically well. I think if you could cast
0:25:05 > 0:25:08an audience, Port Talbot is the place to cast your audience.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11It's like someone's flicked a switch in the town, and they're so...
0:25:11 > 0:25:16into it and they're clapping along to the resistance chants.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19We're managing the crowds. It's taken us by surprise,
0:25:19 > 0:25:23but they're all really respectful, and it's like...
0:25:23 > 0:25:27There was a fantastic tweet today from Lyn Gardner, critic of the Guardian, who said,
0:25:27 > 0:25:29"Talk about the transformative power of art."
0:25:29 > 0:25:32Port Talbot is not the place it was yesterday and not the place it will be tomorrow,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35and I'm thrilled - it's been an amazing couple of days.
0:25:35 > 0:25:40For the lucky members of the audience who managed to get tickets,
0:25:40 > 0:25:44there's a huge spread of sandwiches, pies and cold food.
0:25:44 > 0:25:50Tonight has become a rallying point for the growing resistance to ICU.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52And the teacher and his followers,
0:25:52 > 0:25:56the disciple-like figures he has collected over the last two days,
0:25:56 > 0:25:58receive a warm welcome as they arrive.
0:25:58 > 0:26:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:26:01 > 0:26:06This man, Peter, is a regular at the club.
0:26:06 > 0:26:10This is fantastic to see it so full of life again, like.
0:26:10 > 0:26:16Oh, it means a lot to me, it does, to have you here with me in my club on this last night.
0:26:16 > 0:26:20Swansea DJ Kev Jones is MC for the night.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24It's so great to see so many of you here tonight. Such was the demand
0:26:24 > 0:26:28for tickets, not everybody could get in, so everybody outside...
0:26:28 > 0:26:32just like to say hello everybody outside there in the cheap seats.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Can we have a big cheer for everybody in the cheap seats?
0:26:36 > 0:26:39CHEERING
0:26:39 > 0:26:41Ah, great, man, great!
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Well, it's time to start the show.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47Are you ready for show time, everyone?
0:26:47 > 0:26:51CHEERING Hey, look at everyone.
0:26:51 > 0:26:55Anyway, this young man, he's absolutely fantastic, so best of order now, please,
0:26:55 > 0:26:59best of order, everyone. Please give a warm welcome as he plays the Seaside Social Club
0:26:59 > 0:27:02for the very first... and the very last time as well.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06Let's here it for Iwan Rheon. Let's give him a big round of applause.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08WHOOPING
0:27:08 > 0:27:13# Well, it took me from the life I know
0:27:16 > 0:27:19# They'll ring church bells We're going
0:27:21 > 0:27:26# Dragging her precious soul
0:27:26 > 0:27:32# Oh...the cobbled streets where I met my love... #
0:27:34 > 0:27:38Next up is local hero and winner of Britain's Got Talent,
0:27:38 > 0:27:40singer Paul Potts.
0:27:40 > 0:27:45# ..Sogno d'or
0:27:45 > 0:27:52# Questo vuole il cuor
0:27:52 > 0:28:09# Triste senz'amor. #
0:28:09 > 0:28:13CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Thank you very much.
0:28:18 > 0:28:23In the interval, the teacher offers his friends some sandwiches.
0:28:28 > 0:28:31ROOM QUIETENS TO SILENCE
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Eat, eat.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41I just wanted to say a few words.
0:28:42 > 0:28:46I wanted to say thank you, really,
0:28:46 > 0:28:49for being here with me tonight.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52This is a special night,
0:28:52 > 0:28:55and I'm glad we could share it together.
0:28:55 > 0:28:59I can't believe I've met you all just since yesterday morning,
0:28:59 > 0:29:00so much has happened already.
0:29:03 > 0:29:07And I just want to say that, er...
0:29:07 > 0:29:10even if...
0:29:10 > 0:29:12even if for some reason...
0:29:12 > 0:29:14we just have tonight, even if...
0:29:16 > 0:29:19..we can't be together again after tonight...
0:29:23 > 0:29:27..here we are, eating food together, drinking together.
0:29:28 > 0:29:30And it feels good, doesn't it?
0:29:33 > 0:29:35It feels good.
0:29:37 > 0:29:38You know, yesterday...
0:29:41 > 0:29:42..we were many.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47Today...
0:29:51 > 0:29:53..we are one.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00To us.
0:30:00 > 0:30:01- ALL:- To us.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Ladies and gentlemen, let's hear it for the house band!
0:30:09 > 0:30:10CHEERING
0:30:10 > 0:30:13Top of the bill tonight are the Valleys band -
0:30:13 > 0:30:16and international superstars - the Manic Street Preachers.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20# Do not go so gentle
0:30:22 > 0:30:25# Do not go so gentle on this night
0:30:27 > 0:30:30# One last chance
0:30:32 > 0:30:39# To open up your hearts and your minds
0:30:44 > 0:30:47# Who will bring prosperity?
0:30:49 > 0:30:52# Pierce skies with hypocrisy
0:30:54 > 0:30:58# It's up to us We shall defend
0:30:58 > 0:31:04# Just to prove that this is not the end
0:31:04 > 0:31:09# A design for life
0:31:09 > 0:31:15# A design for life
0:31:15 > 0:31:20# A design for life
0:31:20 > 0:31:23# A design for. #
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Yeah! Whoo!
0:31:30 > 0:31:34Suddenly, the entertainment is brought to an abrupt end.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39BOOING
0:31:39 > 0:31:43The Manics are taken away by the security forces.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46BOOING AND JEERING
0:31:52 > 0:31:54As the gang head out into the dark,
0:31:54 > 0:31:58the teacher realises that his hour has come.
0:32:09 > 0:32:13The small close of houses outside the club
0:32:13 > 0:32:17has become Port Talbot's Garden of Gethsemane -
0:32:17 > 0:32:18a place of fear and doubt.
0:32:34 > 0:32:36CHEERING
0:32:38 > 0:32:43While his companions doze off waiting for a night bus,
0:32:43 > 0:32:47the teacher is consumed with terror at the path he has chosen.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55MAN: Is that you, son?
0:32:55 > 0:32:59A godlike figure appears up on high, working on the scaffolding.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03Dad?
0:33:03 > 0:33:07Hello, son. You're out late.
0:33:09 > 0:33:11So are you.
0:33:11 > 0:33:13Well, you know me...
0:33:13 > 0:33:16always working.
0:33:16 > 0:33:17Do you see me?
0:33:17 > 0:33:23Course I see you, son. I can see the whole town from up here.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27You should come up here sometimes, it's beautiful.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33Hey, there is a piece of slate down there, son?
0:33:34 > 0:33:35A piece of slate?
0:33:35 > 0:33:37Yes, yes, it fell just now.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Somewhere over there.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43It's broken.
0:33:43 > 0:33:44Yeah...
0:33:44 > 0:33:49Yes, I thought it might be. All right then, never mind. Pass it up, son.
0:33:49 > 0:33:52Do I have to?
0:33:52 > 0:33:53Yes, I'm...
0:33:53 > 0:33:57I'm afraid you do, son.
0:33:57 > 0:33:59Son?
0:34:00 > 0:34:02Yes, Dad?
0:34:02 > 0:34:05Pick up the slate, son.
0:34:07 > 0:34:09Pick it up now.
0:34:37 > 0:34:39Thank you, son.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42SIREN WAILS
0:34:44 > 0:34:48Going on a journey, are you?
0:34:48 > 0:34:50Yes, I think so,
0:34:50 > 0:34:52going on a journey.
0:34:52 > 0:34:56Well, I hope you've got everything you need.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00Maybe. I don't know.
0:35:02 > 0:35:04It's important to be ready, son.
0:35:05 > 0:35:07Remember that.
0:35:07 > 0:35:09Yes.
0:35:09 > 0:35:12- JEERING - Thanks, Dad.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18ANGRY SHOUTING
0:35:20 > 0:35:24In a kangaroo court in front of the crowd,
0:35:24 > 0:35:27the ICU security chief taunts the teacher.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30So you pulled your little stunt on the beach,
0:35:30 > 0:35:33and now everybody looks up to you.
0:35:33 > 0:35:37WILD CHEERING
0:35:38 > 0:35:41Leading people is a responsibility.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43Are you ready for this?
0:35:43 > 0:35:46Are you ready to lead these people?
0:35:46 > 0:35:50CHEERING
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- Because that is what they're saying... - MAN: Nazi!
0:35:54 > 0:35:58..that you are going to lead them, you are going to change things,
0:35:58 > 0:36:03you are going to make everything better, that's what they're saying.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06Are you the king of these people?
0:36:06 > 0:36:09CHEERING
0:36:09 > 0:36:11Are you ready, son?
0:36:11 > 0:36:13Just remember,
0:36:13 > 0:36:16what's one slate to a whole house, eh?
0:36:18 > 0:36:20Small sacrifice.
0:36:21 > 0:36:24It is true, isn't it?
0:36:24 > 0:36:28You ARE their leader, you are the king of this town?
0:36:28 > 0:36:30That's what you've been saying!
0:36:30 > 0:36:33That's what you've been telling THEM.
0:36:33 > 0:36:35Tell ME!
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Tell ME! SAY it!
0:36:37 > 0:36:39I AM!
0:36:39 > 0:36:43CROWING
0:36:43 > 0:36:44Take him!
0:36:44 > 0:36:49BOOING AND SHOUTING
0:36:50 > 0:36:54I mean, we know where it's going. We're really rooting for him, the resistance -
0:36:54 > 0:36:59it's really base instinct, I suppose, that anti-establishment feeling.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04I found that bit when Michael Sheen was on the skip, I found it really emotional.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07I've never seen anything like it before. Really wonderful.
0:37:07 > 0:37:12- Probably never see anything like it again.- Fantastic for the town as well, isn't it? Yeah.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17Go back to the comfort of your homes.
0:37:20 > 0:37:22Go back to your homes.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35It's Easter Sunday, and the streets of Port Talbot are heaving.
0:37:35 > 0:37:40Newspapers around the world are printing pictures of this unique event.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43And people have travelled here from all over the UK and abroad
0:37:43 > 0:37:46to witness the last day of The Passion.
0:37:49 > 0:37:52As two prisoners are led out of the police station,
0:37:52 > 0:37:55a public trial is being prepared in the Civic Centre.
0:37:55 > 0:37:59We're about to have the trial scene.
0:37:59 > 0:38:02This is, I guess, our equivalent of the scene
0:38:02 > 0:38:06from the Gospels where Pilate presents a choice to the people.
0:38:06 > 0:38:09They can either free Jesus or they can free this insurgent.
0:38:09 > 0:38:14So the company man, in an attempt at transparency
0:38:14 > 0:38:16and an attempt at quashing rumours,
0:38:16 > 0:38:18is going to have a very public trial.
0:38:18 > 0:38:21That is when the die is cast.
0:38:21 > 0:38:25I think that that sense of sort of getting behind the teacher,
0:38:25 > 0:38:28that sense of injustice, will grow and will grow,
0:38:28 > 0:38:30and especially what happens as a result of this trial,
0:38:30 > 0:38:35there'll be the awful realisation that the end that everyone knows
0:38:35 > 0:38:37is almost here.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58When I spoke to you here two days ago,
0:38:58 > 0:39:03I warned you that the enemies of progress were still working among us.
0:39:03 > 0:39:07Sadly, as we have all witnessed over the last two days,
0:39:07 > 0:39:09those same enemies have taken advantage
0:39:09 > 0:39:14of what is a delicate time of transition for the town
0:39:14 > 0:39:19and used it to spread their hatred and malice for our way of life.
0:39:19 > 0:39:24And I would like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful security forces
0:39:24 > 0:39:27for all the good job they're doing...
0:39:27 > 0:39:28BOOING
0:39:28 > 0:39:32..and the courage they are showing in such difficult circumstances.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Thank you, thank you very much.
0:39:34 > 0:39:37BOOING
0:39:37 > 0:39:41Standing before you today are two of the selfsame enemies.
0:39:41 > 0:39:47One, a would-be assassin and terrorist
0:39:47 > 0:39:51who thinks nothing of killing his own kind to achieve his aims.
0:39:51 > 0:39:52The other...
0:39:54 > 0:39:57CHEERING
0:40:01 > 0:40:04..a man who would tear down the very fabric of our society
0:40:04 > 0:40:06and is an affront to everything we hold dear.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10Well, today, I AM going to give you a choice,
0:40:10 > 0:40:14because at the end of today's trial, one of these two men will go free,
0:40:14 > 0:40:18and the choice as to which man goes free...
0:40:19 > 0:40:21..will be yours.
0:40:21 > 0:40:25- Save the teacher!- Teacher!- Teacher! - Save the teacher!
0:40:25 > 0:40:27Name!
0:40:28 > 0:40:31It's Barry, Barry Absalom.
0:40:31 > 0:40:35Were you the bomber behind the assassination attempt on Friday?
0:40:35 > 0:40:38Yes, I was.
0:40:38 > 0:40:39Name.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45I don't know.
0:40:45 > 0:40:46They call you the teacher.
0:40:50 > 0:40:51If you say so.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54You have been charged with leading an ideological revolt
0:40:54 > 0:40:57against the council and the company,
0:40:57 > 0:41:02and of planning insurrectionist activities. Is this true?
0:41:02 > 0:41:04If you say it is.
0:41:04 > 0:41:08Let's play this by your rules, shall we?
0:41:08 > 0:41:11I want to give this town a choice, but not by a vote.
0:41:11 > 0:41:17Everyone knows a vote can be rigged - and that's what you'd say, isn't it, that I loaded the crowd?
0:41:17 > 0:41:18So how would you do this?
0:41:21 > 0:41:24Maybe by giving the vote to just one person,
0:41:24 > 0:41:27just one innocent person.
0:41:27 > 0:41:32The one innocent person they choose is a small girl from the crowd.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38The company man plays out a charade of questioning the child.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42- And what is your name?- Katie.- Katie.
0:41:42 > 0:41:46But the outcome has already been decided.
0:41:46 > 0:41:50The verdict has been delivered,
0:41:50 > 0:41:53and it is a good verdict.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56DISCONTENTED MURMURS
0:41:56 > 0:41:57Free him.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01This other one, make an example of him. He's yours.
0:42:05 > 0:42:07Out the way. Out the way.
0:42:07 > 0:42:11- Watch yourselves.- Move! Move!
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- Move! Out the way.- Move it.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Move! Out the way.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23HAUNTING MUSIC
0:43:21 > 0:43:23HE GASPS FOR AIR
0:43:35 > 0:43:38Open up, open up.
0:43:38 > 0:43:41Get ahead of me, get that gate open.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Who's got him? Who's got him? Who's got him?
0:43:43 > 0:43:46Out of the way!
0:43:46 > 0:43:49I was really moved by it, actually.
0:43:49 > 0:43:51It was quite upsetting.
0:43:51 > 0:43:52It's quite realistic, isn't it?
0:43:52 > 0:43:57I feel a bit weird now. But after everything that happened last night in the garden,
0:43:57 > 0:43:59these are quite haunting images.
0:43:59 > 0:44:06Absolutely moving to have it shown in such clarity, about violence and things,
0:44:06 > 0:44:12and how it might have been when it was back in the Biblical times for Jesus.
0:44:12 > 0:44:18It does make people think about everything, you know, what he's said over the weekend, definitely.
0:44:18 > 0:44:21I think people have forgot about the way Port Talbot was.
0:44:21 > 0:44:25This town's... Well, this is a beautiful spot
0:44:25 > 0:44:29and a fantastic area which the industry,
0:44:29 > 0:44:32which has been brought in here by first of all the Talbots, I guess,
0:44:32 > 0:44:39and ongoing ever since, and they keep on dumping all this pollution on us, which we don't want.
0:44:41 > 0:44:43From this point on,
0:44:43 > 0:44:48the story of The Passion begins to play out its final, inevitable chapter.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52Thousands of people are beginning to line the streets
0:44:52 > 0:44:54to witness a great procession.
0:44:54 > 0:45:00We didn't realise it's going to be a parade here, so we just joined in. It's really exciting.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04Hopefully we'll watch all of it - about eight, nine o'clock, is it?
0:45:04 > 0:45:07DRUMBEATS
0:45:07 > 0:45:08Everybody's getting quite excited,
0:45:08 > 0:45:12because you can hear the music from the other side.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15I'm just anticipating the scene when it comes.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21SINGING
0:45:36 > 0:45:41The grim march snakes its way along the main street
0:45:41 > 0:45:43and on towards the shopping centre.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47But here, the procession takes a pause.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50BELLS RING SOFTLY
0:45:59 > 0:46:03Inside, the mall has been transformed.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05The teacher is relieved of his burden
0:46:05 > 0:46:10and gently ministered to by a group of women, including his mother.
0:46:18 > 0:46:21BELLS STOP AND SOFT HARP BEGINS
0:46:44 > 0:46:46As the procession gets underway again,
0:46:46 > 0:46:49the mood of the crowd seems to have lifted.
0:46:49 > 0:46:54WOMEN: # Hold my body down You're gonna hold my... #
0:46:54 > 0:46:56Along the backstreets of the town,
0:46:56 > 0:47:03there are residents waiting patiently all afternoon for their chance to be part of the event.
0:47:03 > 0:47:08# Hold my body down You're gonna hold my body down
0:47:08 > 0:47:10# You're gonna hold my body down
0:47:10 > 0:47:13# You're gonna hold my body down
0:47:13 > 0:47:16# Gonna hear that trumpet sound
0:47:16 > 0:47:18# I'm gonna get up outta this ground... #
0:47:18 > 0:47:20There's quite a lot of people here, aren't there?
0:47:20 > 0:47:23It's been pretty hectic today, and thousands are joining us
0:47:23 > 0:47:27on the procession, which we weren't expecting necessarily so much.
0:47:27 > 0:47:29We thought people would line the streets but not join us
0:47:29 > 0:47:31for the whole procession, so it's been tremendous.
0:47:40 > 0:47:44We've been waiting here a couple of hours this afternoon for him to come through on this route,
0:47:44 > 0:47:46and I must say it's quite powerful.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49I just think it was really sort of, like...sort of, like, you know...
0:47:49 > 0:47:52quite choking. I was really quite emotional, really.
0:47:52 > 0:47:54# Let there be peace on Earth
0:47:54 > 0:47:59# And let it begin with me
0:47:59 > 0:48:03# Let there be peace on Earth
0:48:03 > 0:48:08# And let it begin with me
0:48:08 > 0:48:11# Let there be peace on Earth... #
0:48:11 > 0:48:13DRUMMING
0:48:13 > 0:48:21I just feel that in walking and following the procession, in walking, we're talking,
0:48:21 > 0:48:24and I've seen people that I haven't seen for years,
0:48:24 > 0:48:29so this, to me, has pulled the whole Passion story together.
0:48:29 > 0:48:32It's one of community and being one.
0:48:41 > 0:48:46Despite the barbaric ordeal that Sheen is portraying,
0:48:46 > 0:48:51the procession has turned into an extraordinary celebration for the whole community.
0:48:57 > 0:48:58All along the route,
0:48:58 > 0:49:03people are carrying, wearing and displaying images and objects
0:49:03 > 0:49:06that evoke their own private memories of the town.
0:49:06 > 0:49:11I wanted to be part of the atmosphere and enjoy the town as it is today.
0:49:11 > 0:49:13And this is how it was
0:49:13 > 0:49:18when everyone...every member of the town went to church or chapel,
0:49:18 > 0:49:21and Sunday was a very quiet day!
0:49:22 > 0:49:28It's nearly nine in the evening, and the procession has finally turned onto the seafront
0:49:28 > 0:49:31and is slowly making its way along the last stretch.
0:49:33 > 0:49:40Oh, it's a wonderful parade, isn't it? It's very emotional, I think, very deeply emotional.
0:49:40 > 0:49:42You see people crying on the way down.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48So touching, so touching.
0:49:48 > 0:49:53And what it's brought to Port Talbot today, you know, it's flushed everybody out.
0:49:53 > 0:49:57The people of Port Talbot is out to watch this today.
0:49:57 > 0:50:01It's brought a lot of emotion to the community.
0:50:01 > 0:50:06This is a very religious town, Port Talbot, very Catholic town,
0:50:06 > 0:50:08and, erm...picked a good subject.
0:50:08 > 0:50:12It's nice to see a man of Michael Sheen's stature bringing something
0:50:12 > 0:50:16back to Port Talbot, bringing it back to the community,
0:50:16 > 0:50:20putting a spotlight on the place where he came from.
0:50:20 > 0:50:23I, myself, couldn't go down to watch the crucifixion.
0:50:23 > 0:50:24I think it'd be a bit too moving.
0:50:24 > 0:50:28SLOW DRUMBEATS
0:50:30 > 0:50:34The teacher's Calvary, his final destination,
0:50:34 > 0:50:36is a grassy roundabout down on the seafront
0:50:36 > 0:50:41close to where the whole story began three days ago.
0:50:42 > 0:50:45The scale of the audience for this final scene -
0:50:45 > 0:50:48anywhere between 10,000 and 12,000 people -
0:50:48 > 0:50:51has exceeded all expectations.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55SOMBRE MUSIC
0:52:10 > 0:52:13HE CRIES OUT
0:52:13 > 0:52:16- HAMMERING - Argh!
0:52:18 > 0:52:20- Three!- Ah!
0:52:21 > 0:52:24Argh...!
0:52:24 > 0:52:27Argh...!
0:52:27 > 0:52:31HE CONTINUES TO SCREAM
0:52:48 > 0:52:53HE SINGS MOURNFULLY
0:53:07 > 0:53:09On the verge of death,
0:53:09 > 0:53:13the teacher's memory returns,
0:53:13 > 0:53:16and he cries out a litany of memories of the town,
0:53:16 > 0:53:21memories actually collected from the people of Port Talbot.
0:53:21 > 0:53:22I remember...
0:53:25 > 0:53:27I remember this place.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31I remember...
0:53:32 > 0:53:33..Beach Hill!
0:53:34 > 0:53:36Number nine...
0:53:36 > 0:53:39I remember the guys.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42I remember nights at the Starlight...
0:53:42 > 0:53:43CHEERING
0:53:43 > 0:53:46..bands at the Troubadour...
0:53:46 > 0:53:48CHEERING
0:53:48 > 0:53:54I remember the Carlton, and Pharaohs and Wall Street.
0:53:55 > 0:53:59I remember the smell and the taste of blackberries
0:53:59 > 0:54:03in the summer from Baglan Mountain.
0:54:03 > 0:54:04CHEERING
0:54:04 > 0:54:08I remember donkey rides on the beach.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10CHEERING
0:54:10 > 0:54:14CROWD FALLS SILENT
0:54:21 > 0:54:23WHISTLING
0:54:23 > 0:54:27CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:54:38 > 0:54:42CHOIR SINGS SOFTLY
0:55:15 > 0:55:20APPLAUSE
0:55:32 > 0:55:38Out of the gloom, the figure of the stranger emerges one last time.
0:55:38 > 0:55:41(WAVERINGLY) # And sleep
0:55:41 > 0:55:44# And sleep
0:55:45 > 0:55:48# And sleep
0:55:49 > 0:55:52(VOICE BREAKING) # And sleep. #
0:55:52 > 0:55:56SLOW DRUMBEATS
0:55:57 > 0:55:59It is finished.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05It has begun!
0:56:05 > 0:56:07CHEERING
0:56:35 > 0:56:39Everyone was open mouthed, especially when the music started coming on, and he started saying
0:56:39 > 0:56:45the little jokes, all the personal things about Port Talbot, everyone was just really, like, enjoying it.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48And then when the music started, and you could see that he was becoming more frail,
0:56:48 > 0:56:51everyone was open mouthed and in awe of what was going on.
0:56:51 > 0:56:54It's just amazing. There's no words, really,
0:56:54 > 0:56:57that can express how we all felt,
0:56:57 > 0:56:59but you could feel it in the atmosphere.
0:56:59 > 0:57:03It's better than winning the lottery, to be here tonight,
0:57:03 > 0:57:05to be a part of all this.
0:57:05 > 0:57:08The town is an absolutely brilliant town.
0:57:08 > 0:57:10It's had a bit of a hard time,
0:57:10 > 0:57:13but now what has happened here today brought them all together.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15Absolutely outstanding.
0:57:19 > 0:57:24The following evening, the whole company have a final get-together.
0:57:24 > 0:57:27Well, what a three days it was, eh?
0:57:27 > 0:57:29- CHEERING - It was...
0:57:29 > 0:57:33I think I can say without any qualification at all,
0:57:33 > 0:57:36it was the most extraordinary three days of my life.
0:57:36 > 0:57:41CHEERING
0:57:42 > 0:57:45This was your Passion, it was our Passion,
0:57:45 > 0:57:48and we made this happen together,
0:57:48 > 0:57:50and nobody has ever done that before.
0:57:50 > 0:57:53There have been performances and productions of things but never,
0:57:53 > 0:57:59I think, has an entire town come together to tell the story of itself to itself
0:57:59 > 0:58:01to be witnessed by the world.
0:58:01 > 0:58:04What happened was that we became more than ourselves.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06We became something much bigger.
0:58:06 > 0:58:08And great things can be achieved.
0:58:08 > 0:58:12That's what community is about and that's what this was all about.
0:58:12 > 0:58:15- MAN: Well done, Michael! - So...thank you very much.
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