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Greater Manchester Fringe: Artificial Intelligence Improvisation

Since 2016, award-winning Improbotics has brought robots to stages worldwide! In this brand new science comedy show, improvisers must keep up as state-of-the-art artificial intelligence takes over! Improvisers are controlled by AI chatbots: the result is an unpredictable work of human-machine hilarity.

‘Groundbreaking work’, ‘high quality comedy theatre’, ‘raises important philosophical questions’ (FringeReview.co.uk, 2022).

★★★★ (BingeFringe.com, 2020). Most Innovative Show Award, Paris Fringe (Online), 2020.

★★★★★ (ThePhoenixRemix.com, 2019).

★★★★ (Edmonton Fringe 2018). ‘Revolutionary’ (BroadwayBaby.com, 2018). ‘I will stick with artificial stupidity’ (Colin Mochrie, 2017). Improbotics featured in the New York Times and BBC.