Following successful runs at Brighton Festival and Ideas Test in Kent, critically acclaimed immersive theatre companies Blast Theory and Hydrocracker are taking Operation Black Antler to Manchester as part of our theatre programme this summer.
“This kind of imaginative conspiracy shakes one up a bit, makes one look at the world differently”
★★★★ The Guardian
Operation Black Antler is an immersive theatre piece that invites you to go undercover for one night to explore the murky world of surveillance and question the morality of state-sanctioned spying.
For 40 years British police officers have been undercover inside protest groups. Scandals such as Wikileaks, the Snowden affair and the revelations about the Special Demonstration Squad show that secret forces within the state have little respect for law.
In Operation Black Antler you are given a new identity as part of a small team; you are briefed and then sent into an undercover operation. Once inside, you can choose to take part in a series of challenges that encourage you to consider what is and isn’t acceptable in the name of security. From a first-hand perspective, you must make decisions and then reflect on the consequences of your decisions.
What will you do when the power is in your hands?
Book your tickets here. Operation Black Antler is a new work by Blast Theory and Hydrocracker.
Co-commissioned by Ideas Test and Brighton Festival, Operation Black Antler has been developed with support from Arts Council England, The Chalk Cliff Trust and in partnership with Dramatic Resources.