Let your own phone guide you on a theatrical quest through streets and found spaces, solving puzzles and mining data on your odyssey into the mind of a ravenous learning machine.
A new immersive narrative from groundbreaking theatre collective Binge Culture. Press go on your journey at Te Auaha, with various sessions available to book between 1 - 4pm.
Can you beat the machine? Or are you simply a part of it?
Guided by adventure app platform Pickpath — game-changing technology, developed by NZ artists and driven by audience. Download the Pickpath app from the Google Play or Apple App Store.
Conceived and devised by the company
Director Joel Baxendale
Dramaturg Ralph Upton
Sound Design Oliver Devlin
Performance Design Lucas Neal
Graphic Design Liam Dakin
AV Design Joe 'Digl' Dixon
Produced by Eleanor Strathern
2024
Performed by Hannah Kelly, Sepelini Mua'au, Oliver Devlin
Production Management Anna Barker
Platform PickPath
2021 (Originally titled Big Data)
Performed by Freya Daly Sadgrove, Karin McCracken, Sepelini Mua'au and Joel Baxendale
App Development Ian Shephard
Costume Design Sophie Sargent
Production Management Pauline Ward
Created with support from Creative New Zealand and Wellington City Council.
FFT Düsseldorf Germany 15-17 May 2025 (presented by machina eX as part of the International Show Exchange)
NZ Fringe Wellington 3-11 March 2024
Festival of Colour Wānaka 17 April 2021
CUBADUPA Wellington 27- 28 March 2021
What If the City Was a Theatre? (preview) Wellington 21 Feb 2021
Show Duration: 45 minutes (within a 3-6 hour performance period)
Audience suitability: 10 years and up
Venue: public spaces + two found indoor locations (e.g. hotel room, vacant shop),
Capacity: up to 120 per hour
Touring Party: 4
WINNER
Most Innovative production
NZ Fringe Awards 2024