25 Jan 2025 - 1 Feb 2025
AI Topia
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In an idyllic, self-governing community where the police have been defunded, the opportunity for an AI After Life promises peace, order and financial reward. But behind closed doors, five families are discovering that innovation has a price. As cracks begin to form and relationships are threatened, will AI help them move beyond their grief or threaten their humanity?
Step into the dystopian world of AiTopia, which examines the impact of our fast-changing technology on human relationships in this chillingly poignant thriller.
AiTopia is the first show from The Collective, a 50-strong cohort of multi-disciplinary artists from Southwark and Lambeth, led by director Michelle Payne. This latest, epic project from Taking Part disrupts traditional conventions of theatre-making, exploring new models centred on community and collaboration.
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Creatives
Director Michelle Payne
Set & Costume Consultant Natalie Pryce
Movement Consultant Christopher Tendai
MD & Composition Consultant Matt Greaves
Co-Dramaturg Emma Dennis-Edwards
Co-Dramaturg & Exec Producer Shereen Jasmin Phillips
Lead Producer Alisha Artry
Associate Producer Michelle Cullimore
Assistant Producer Enyonam Ansah
Jerwood Trainee Assistant Director Nim Gill
Stage Manager Abi Morris
Assistant Stage Manager Valentina Cutri
Lighting and Sound:
Darren Anthony Spencer, Liz Heasman, Peter Phillips, Ariel Elkarif, Kemi Adekoya (Production Team B).
Movement:
Cherlyn Miller, John Watts, Seamus Kennedy.
Set & Costume:
Anne-Marie Garbrah, Elisa Rovelli, Marilyn Rogers, Matilde Sazio, Ama Ababio (Production Team A), Roxceina Hibbert (Production Team A), Jennifer Anne Marshall (Production Team A).
Writers:
Elsa Joseph, Frances Timlin, Joyce Abosi, Kandy Rohmann, Kevin O'Neill, Rahkim Thomas Hunte, Simon Bracken, Stephen Foley, Thelma Purcell, Xanthus Peters, Jennifer Haynes.
Cast
Adar Owuna
Boma Braide
Deborah Elizabeth
Mali Smith
Yiannis Sykovaris
Katerina Kaloyerou
Ketrina Brisefert
Kimberley Maloney
Lorna Miri
Matilde Cerruti Quara
Moe Farah
Nana Yaa Oforiwaa Osei-Bonsu
Peter Barrs
Sasha Winslow
Shahab Awad
Tracey-Ann Henry
Eldi Dundee
Marina Hussain Leones
Michael Sookhan.