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Bradford Opera Festival: The Last Machine Breaker

Wednesday, 12 November 2025

Time
19:30 - 21:30
Venue
Skipton Town Hall, Skipton, BD23 1AH
Price
25.00

An Opera on Luddites, AI and Revolution

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Four lives. Two timelines. One question: Will technology be our salvation or our downfall?

In The Last Machine Breaker, Eva creates Adam, a humanoid AI capable of thought, emotion, and desire. But as Adam takes his first breath, another world unfolds before us: 1813, projected live on stage. There, Mary pleads with George Mellor, Luddite Leader and her lover, condemned to die in the morning: turn traitor to his cause and live; stay true and die.

Composed by Ben Crick (A Northern Score, Yorkshire Symphony Orchestra), written by Kamal Kaan (Bangla Bantams, Perfume), and directed by Alex Chisolm, The Last Machine Breaker is a bold live-digital hybrid opera. It fuses past and future, reality and technology, to ask urgent questions about humanity, rebellion, and the cost of progress.

Important Information:
Admission will be refused to latecomers, please ensure prompt arrival.

Venue

Skipton Town Hall
High Street
Skipton
BD23 1AH

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