Conceived and directed by Stefan Kaegi, the show has an inevitable static quality...Uncanny Valley is a philosophical exercise as much as a technical one, less about robots than our own pre-programming.
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Written by Stefan Kaegi of the German theatre group Rimini Protokoll, in collaboration with Melle, it’s a dense and earnest monologue penned from the perspective of this thoughtful writer.
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It's certainly a cool concept, but after the initial excitement and intrigue of seeing this robot on stage, there isn't really anywhere else to go with it. The content of the lecture is intriguing, but coupled with a dark and warm space, isn't stimulating enough for the full hour.
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Uncanny Valley, a touring production by Germany’s Rimini Protokoll theatre group, is less theatre than a hybrid of lecture and documentary...Like Melle’s half-pondering, half-ponderous script, elements of director Stefan Kaegi’s production are a bit heavy-handed...
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This is a fantastically executed theatrical experiment by the intelligently provocative Rimini Protokoll...for anyone London-based who’s interested in genuinely inventive theatre it will make a return trip here before too long.
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