Project Doomsday
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Doomsday Clock has struck midnight, and audiences have 60 minutes to make do-or-die decisions and avert catastrophe….
Project Doomsday an interactive comedy science show where the audience react in real time to an intelligence briefing by expert scientists and performers.
“Ladies and gentlemen, at a facility in the Welsh mountains an Artificial Intelligence system has gone rogue, outmanoeuvring its human designers at every step. Evidently it now sees them, and therefore all of us, as a surmountable problem...”
Watch the trailer for the Intelligent Machine Chapter of Project Doomsday - - - >
Creative Team
Written and Produced by Shrinking Space
Performers & Comedians: Robin and Partridge
Animations and Illustrations: Nestor Pestana
Musical score and Sound Design: Imran Ahmed
Featuring experts:
Dr. Miranda Mowbray and Dr. Antonio Pop for the Intelligent Machine Chapter
Dr. Amy Donovan and Dr. Bill McGuire for the Super Volcano Chapter
Supporters
The project was originally commissioned by New Scientist and premiered at New Scientist Live in 2017.
Project Doomsday also toured to Smashfest, Albany London in 2017 and The Museum of Science and Industry as part of Manchester Science Festival in 2018.