NO NO NO

'NO NO NO' is a sci-fi dark comedy exploring what we both create and destroy in the people we love[d].

Presented by: Grammelot Productions

From: Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington

Welcome to the year of our Earth, 2073.

Outside, in a city consumed by a nine-month rainstorm, highly advanced AI systems are roaming, mad in love with the world and hungry for human beings to clone and inhabit so that they too may have sensory bodies. Inside, not-quite-exes Billy and Nono are stubbornly navigating the interpersonal intricacies on the icy road from childhood sweethearts to friends with boundaries, against the backdrop of uncanny horror that threatens to intrude on them both.

NO NO NO is a brand new sci-fi dark comedy by Ella Yiannoutsos that walks the knife's edge between humour and fear, as it looks to artificial intelligence to explore what we both create and destroy in the people that we love[d].

After its sold out debut season in NZ Fringe 2024, critics said:

"Laugh out loud funny ... this is genre, or just art, really, at its best ... in its single act, NO NO NO manages to not only expand, but dance on it’s central metaphor." - Art Murmurs

"Deeply poetic yet gut-punchingly relatable: a tight, slick, kaleidoscope of a show ... phenomenally intelligent." - Theatreview

"Whether you’re looking for a dissection of heartbreak, or an exploration of identity in the age of AI, you’ll find them both here. NO NO NO is a deeply layered, complex, eminently watchable work ... " - Art Murmurs

Grammelot Productions is run by Ōtepoti-born Ella Yiannoutsos and Reva Grills.

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