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Would you take a lie-detector test in a room full of strangers? Watch on or be interrogated, as we seek out truth in a world of fake news and alternative facts. Using real biometric sensors and live voting systems, Truthmachine, is the multi award-winning social experiment from renowned techno-troublemakers Counterpilot. The polygraph machine used to be regarded as a legal instrument, but today we think we can cheat it... Let’s see if your heart-rate can lie as effectively as our leaders can. ‘No one else is making work quite like this’ **** (Age, Melbourne).
This is an archived listing from the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Truthmachine is by Counterpilot in association with Cluster Arts (Australia), listed under Theatre in the Fringe programme. It plays at C ARTS | C venues | C alto, Quaker Meeting House, 7 Victoria Terrace, above Victoria Street, EH1 2JL, 7 August to 30 August.
The show runs 30 minutes and is suitable for ages 14+. Tickets from £12. Content warnings: Distressing or triggering themes.