FRINGEWIZFringe 2026
Theatre
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Truthmachine

by Counterpilot in association with Cluster Arts (Australia)

14+

Would you take a lie-detector test in a room full of strangers? Watch on or be interrogated, as we seek out truth in a world of fake news and alternative facts. Using real biometric sensors and live voting systems, Truthmachine, is the multi award-winning social experiment from renowned techno-troublemakers Counterpilot. The polygraph machine used to be regarded as a legal instrument, but today we think we can cheat it... Let’s see if your heart-rate can lie as effectively as our leaders can. ‘No one else is making work quite like this’ **** (Age, Melbourne).

Content warnings: Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes

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