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“I built you because this is what I do. It’s my job. These are my tools, I used them, and honestly it’s not that hard – you’re basically a chatbot.”
Merril is one of Silicon Valley’s leading software engineers, but her life disintegrates when her younger sister Angie vanishes on her way home from college. A year later, when the police have long abandoned their search, Merril assembles all the digital material Angie has left behind and sets about building herself a digital simulation of her sister. The resultant ‘virtual Angie’ offers her some solace – until, that is, it starts to reveal new details about the real Angie's disappearance…
San Francisco-based Lauren Gunderson is one of the world’s most produced playwrights; her I and You was a huge success at Hampstead in 2018. Author of over 20 plays, Lauren has also received the Lanford Wilson Award at the Dramatists Guild Awards and two Steinberg/ATCA New Play Awards.
Anthropology is the twelfth play that Anna Ledwich has directed for Hampstead, where her work has ranged from Labyrinth to the Olivier nominated productions of Dry Powder and Four Minutes Twelve Seconds.
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Booking Period: until 14 October 2023
Performance Times: Monday - Saturday 7.30pm, Thursday & Saturday 2.30 pm
Age Restriction: 14 and over
Show Warnings: Strong language. References to death, suicide, domestic abuse and substance abuse.
Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes (no interval)
Assisted Performances: Captioned performance - 10 October 7:30pm, Audio Described - 14 October 7.30pm
Venue: Hampstead Theatre, Eton Avenue, NW3 3EU