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A.I. Thentic
by Gorilla Circus. A story exploring a future where AI has Loki questioning reality, performed on a 20-metre high moving stage.
Event Details
05 Sept 2026, 19:45 – 20:45
Tower Street Car Park, Tower St, Hull HU9 1TD, UK
About the event
“Powerful political theatre and extraordinarily skilled circus”
If you can't tell the difference between artificial or human intelligence, does it matter?
Set on a 20-metre high moving stage, A.I. Thentic is a performance that explores a world where the increasing reliance on AI blurs the lines of fiction and reality, through the eyes of Loki and his relationship with his AI assistant TAM. As Loki turns to TAM and an online community for meaningful connection in an isolating future, he begins to question if these interactions are authentic, or he's just being told what he wants to hear. And if he can't tell the difference, does it matter?
Who are the artists? A.I. Thentic is a collaboration between Gorilla Circus - who return to Hull after presenting Unity in 2023, When Time Was New, and Car. Gorilla Circus is a contemporary circus production company specialising in imaginative, sophisticated high-octane works…