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Welsh poet and author Owen Sheers talks about his involvement in writing the script for ' production The Passion on this week's All Things Considered on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Wales.

Owen Sheers. Photo © Charlotte Medlicott

This week's All Things Considered looks ahead to the forthcoming celebration of Easter.

With Michael Sheen's and National Theatre Wales' much heralded version of The Passion due to take place in Port Talbot over the Easter weekend, All Things Considered explores the role of passion plays.

Roy Jenkins looks back at their origins in medieval Britain and asks what relevance they have for a contemporary society, while the programme features an interview with Sheers, who has written the script for The Passion.

The production starts on the afternoon of Good Friday and ends on Easter Sunday evening in Port Talbot - Sheen's home town - and will feature hundreds of local people in the extended cast.

Listen to this clip, in which Sheers talks about reading the original gospels in preparation for writing the script for The Passion:

In this clip, Sheers talks of how the new National Theatre Wales production differs from the original passion plays:

The programme also hears from the director of a more traditional version taking place at Wesley Methodist Church in Canton during Holy Week.

All Things Considered is on Ö÷²¥´óÐã Radio Wales on Sunday 17 April at 9am, and on Ö÷²¥´óÐã iPlayer for the subsequent seven days.