A.I.Thentic

If you can’t tell the difference between human and artificial intelligence – does it matter?

Gorilla Circus premiered its new large-scale show, A.I.Thentic, at the Out There Festival in Great Yarmouth in May 2025. A collaboration between Gorilla Circus, When Time was New, and Fruition Arts – A.I.Thentic merges circus, street dance, and technology.

As we develop more sophisticated AI, social media and VR, it is getting increasingly difficult to discern the human from the machine, the real from the fake, and the benevolent from the sinister. What do we want our relationship with technology to be, and how do we achieve it?

A.I.Thentic is now in its second phase of development and is taking bookings for 2026/27. It takes place on a platform lift on top of a converted fire engine that can extend up to 18 metres high. The show is self-contained, and the truck can be driven into any city centre or greenfield space where things are going on.