GALWAD
GALWAD was a multi-platform story told in real-time over seven days, online, on TV and broadcast live on Sky Arts. The story was rooted in the people and places of Wales, with the future story-world of 2052 built by hundreds of people in response to the social, economic and cultural consequences that could result from a 1.8 degree rise in global temperatures.
Conceived as a new kind of real-time storytelling, GALWAD broke new ground in distributing the characters and plot of the story across over a hundred pieces of content; immersing the viewer in the action through single-shot cinematography; threading BSL, Welsh and English through the script and performances and working across theatre, film and TV sectors to deliver the ambitious creative vision. Produced by National Theatre Wales in association with Mad as Birds for Sky Arts and S4C.
2023 Rose d’Or Award nominee
SXSW Innovation Awards 2023 nominee
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Creative Director and Executive Producer - Claire Doherty for National Theatre Wales
Producers - Sean Marley and Alex Ashworth for Mad as Birds
Directors - Gethin Evans, Eric Styles
Writer - Owen Sheers et al
DOP - Bani Mendy
Commissioned for Sky Arts and S4C by Creative Wales
SXSW Innovation Award nominee
2023 Rose d’Or nominee
Photography by Kirsten McTernan and stills from drama. Courtesy Mad as Birds.