SENTIENT BEINGS - An Experimental Play

Details

Ticket Price:	₹ 300
Genre:	Satire/Drama
Language:	English, Tamil, Hindi
Duration:	80 minutes
Age:	12+

An experimental play from the house of Crea-Shakthi Chennai, Sentient Beings explores the world of hostile corporate takeovers in the Indian edtech space. Smarty AI , a new age startup unicorn with the hot new edtech AI bot set to hit the market, has hit a snag - the start up has been sued by the behemoth Spyder Corporation for theft of IP.  This action sets off a series of events that have serious political, cultural and economic ramifications. You see each pillar of our democracy crumble under the pressure of corporate greed all in the guise of education for all.

Set in the dystopian world of today, the play satirises the role of new age AI technology in the service of education and the erosion of learning and systemic injustices that stem from such an unfair, unsustainable practice of trying to profit from infusing tech into learning.