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Improvised show where audiences become producers of a reality show. With questionable methods, AI, wild characters and deep fake celebrities, we sabotage reality TV. Led by an executive producer, the crowd controls the show while contestants compete for audience love. Because of budget cuts, "celebrities" are recreated using our own questionable artificial reality methods (deep fakes, video generation and AR glasses to send lines from a chatbot to control the "celebrity"). As contestants get replaced by AI, the show becomes a fast-paced high-tech satire of AI slop and voyeurism, by the…
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Improbotics Presents: Artificial Reality is by Improbotics, listed under Comedy in the Fringe programme. It plays at Just The Tonic at The Caves, Rowantree Bar, EH1 1LG, 15 August to 30 August.
The show runs 60 minutes and is suitable for ages 14+. Tickets are £12. Content warnings: Strong language and Audience participation.