SXS and National Theatre Wales
SXS provide ground-breaking production solution to "The Passion" with Michael Sheen and National Theatre Wales
SXS were approached by National Theatre Wales to provide an impressive finale feature to "The Passion".
The Passion was an epic theatre performance to celebrate the history of Port Talbot in a story similar to the Easter story. Port Talbot's own Michael Sheen (Tron: Legacy, The Queen and others) played a major role in the acting and production of the show.
SXS worked with NTW to provide our innovative water-screen. The screen used nearby water supplies to produce a screen of around 8m high that was used for projecting imagery of the history of Port Talbot.
In the press:
Thousands flocked to see the Hollywood star return to his home town for the ground-breaking production- Daily Mail
It's hard to believe any version can have the heart and soul of Port Talbot's one-off, multi-platform production. - Gaurdian.co.uk - Lyn Gardner
Interesting facts:
- Michael Sheen grew up in Port Talbot
- SXS' water screen uses
around 1000 litres of water a minute. That is a bathtub every six seconds!
-
The Passion had over 1000 actors
- SXS' water screen borrows technology and
equipment from major fire-fighting departments throughout the world
- a
documentary of The Passion is being made, in which Johnny Palmer was interviewed
for.
