Who would you be, if you could be anybody? Sockpuppet is a new play about deepfakes: the new technology that can allow anyone to pretend to be anyone else. Almost. Following the lives of three students exploring the thorny underbelly of the internet from their university flat, the piece explores how a new technology allows the past to bleed into the present. Originating from a collaborative devising process, the work explores the intersection between art, technology, and grief. Utilising live camera work, video projection and real-time deepfaking software, Buzzcut’s face-swapping spectacle is not one to miss.
Press & Reviews
"Buzzcut have pulled it off perfectly" Oxford Blue
Praise for Buzzcut's Previous Work:
"Revelatory and Ingenious" OxStu
"An emotional Rolleroaster" Cherwell
Cast & Creative Team Tash/Deviser: ANNABEL EKUE-BAPTIST
Flo/Deviser: GRACE DE SOUZA
Archie/Deviser: HENRY WADDON
Emily/Deviser: GEORGIE DETTMER
Deviser: NOAH RADCLIFFE-ADAMS
Deviser: LUCY MAE BEAN
Director/Writer: GABE WINSOR
Producers: GEORGE RUSHTON & FREYA HUTCHINS
Assistant Producer: NINA SKRZYPCZAK & CHARLIE LOVEJOY
Executive Producer: NATHANIEL JONES
Welfare Officer: PAULA MCGECHAN
STAGE MANAGER: CHARLIE LOVEJOY
Graphics: IRIS BOWDLER & AARON HAMMOND DUNCAN
Set Design: FRANCES GAWNE
Assistant Directors: CIANA RUSSO & ED HODGSON
Lighting Designer: PEN HILDER JARVIS
Sound Designer: SHAAN SIDHU
Script Supervisors: FLORA RUGMAN, HELENA AEBERLI, WILL CAMPBELL