anthropology

The world premiere of Lauren Gunderson's new drama about a grieving software engineer who brings her missing sister back to life through AI.

“An intriguing, inventive new play… fizzingly intelligent”

— The Times

Performance Dates

Reviews

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Guardian
- “No chatbot could ever write anything as original and compelling as a play that makes a powerful case for human writing intelligence.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - London Theatre Reviews
- “Gunderson's writing is captivating, deeply moving, and expertly humorous…a striking and thrilling exploration of love, grief, and the imminent challenges facing us at the hands of technology's future.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Liam O’Dell Reviews
- “The final few scenes are just as thought-provoking…it’s thrilling wrapping your head around the gaps in time AI Angie can fill in.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - The Spy in the Stalls
- “Part of the pleasure of Gunderson’s humorous script is watching Merril (played beautifully by MyAnna Buring) caught continually off guard by her digital sibling’s unerring ability to cut to the chase…”
“anthropology is up-to-the-minute, grappling with AI and its philosophical implications in a thoroughly engaging way” | The Evening Standard
“Design values mirror the unsparing, unflinching tone of a play that is genuinely and admirably engaged in exploring the consequences of a tech-dominated world.” | Plays to See
“Fascinating, and thought-provoking…The performers in this predominantly female production are uniformly engaging” | The Arts Desk