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PNOC.io

Name: PNOC.io
Start: 2021-08-06T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2021-08-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chronic Insanity launch a brand-new, interactive digital theatre experience; PNOC.io.

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PNOC.io is an interactive digital theatre experience, adapting the story of Pinocchio for the internet age and using it to reflect on the power and influence that tech companies have in our lives. The audience finds themselves at their new job, a User Experience Tester for Stromboli, the world’s most exciting internet company. After initiation, you are shown a top-secret research project and asked to deliver a series of tests. However, things are not as they seem. As the tests progress you begin to uncover more about what the company is really testing for, having to decide whether you want to help them achieve their goals or whether you want to sabotage them while you have the chance. Utilising choose-your-own-adventure and free motion video formats, PNOC.io is an experience that examines misinformation, the ethics of tech companies, the rights of artificial intelligences, and the ability for an individual to make meaningful change in the world.

No Proscenium's Review

PNOC.io doesn’t really transcend the limits of its structure. We’re kept at a distance from the drama too long to bond to a character, and that pretty much hobbles it from the start....Read More

Audience Role

Participants will be immersed into a new role at tech company Stromboli, taking on a top-secret project to deliver a series of tests on the latest AI model, PNOC. But what are they really testing? If you knew, would you help them or sabotage while you had the chance? Audiences will navigate a thrilling choose-your-own-adventure format, unlocking new pathways and taking the outcome into their own hands.

Ages: 13 +

Content Advisories

• Strong language

Interaction Advisories

• No physical contact with performers

Mobility Advisories

• Event is wheelchair accessible

• No mobility advisories

Chronic Insanity

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About Chronic Insanity

Chronic Insanity is a Nottingham based company that creates theatre for traditional, found, and digital spaces. We seek to redefine theatre by playing with form, genre, medium, and technology.