Artificial Reality
Artificial Reality by Improbotics Presents is a show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2026, performing at Just The Tonic at The Caves. It has 15 performances listed, running from Sat 15 Aug, 15:00 to Sun 30 Aug, 15:00. The run has finished — every listed performance has taken place.
About this show
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 award-winning pioneers of robot theatre.
Details
- Performer: Improbotics Presents
- Venue: Just The Tonic at The Caves
- Space: Just The Big Room
- Genre: COMEDY, Improv, Science and Technology
- Country: UNITED KINGDOM - ENGLAND
- Running time: 60 minutes
- Room size: about 150 seats (Just The Big Room) — the Fringe box office sells a share of the room, not all of it
- Performances listed: 15, of which 0 still to come and on sale
Accessibility
- Wheelchair access: level
- Access features: Step-free access, Accessible toilet
- Venue notes: Wheelchair access type:Level Access Stairs: None Number of stairs is provided as guidance and is not in addition to any wheelchair access type (lift/ramp etc) stated above.
Performance dates and ticket availability
- Sat 15 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sun 16 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Mon 17 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 19 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 20 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 21 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sat 22 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sun 23 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Mon 24 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Tue 25 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Wed 26 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Thu 27 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Fri 28 Aug, 15:00 — Cancelled — £12.00
- Sat 29 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00
- Sun 30 Aug, 15:00 — Already performed — £12.00