Operation Black Antler

Ideas Test is an arts organisation encouraging people in Swale & Medway to live more creative lives.We are funded by Arts Council England as part of the Creative People and Places initiative.Ideas Test CIO is a  registered charity No: 1190098

Ideas Test

Operation Black Antler: critically acclaimed immersive theatre coming to Chatham
Co-commissioned by Ideas Test and fresh from its world premiere at the 2016 Brighton Festival, Operation Black Antler is an immersive theatre piece that invites you to enter the murky world of undercover surveillance and question the morality of state-sanctioned spying.
<A HREF="https://vimeo.com/170196536" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Watch the Operation Black Antler Trailer here</A>
In Operation Black Antler you assume the role of an undercover cop as part of a small team; you are briefed and then sent into an undercover operation. From a first-hand perspective, you must make decisions and then reflect on the consequences of your decisions. How far will your new identity take you?
Co-created by four-times BAFTA nominated artists group <A HREF="http://www.blasttheory.co.uk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Blast Theory</A> and celebrated immersive theatre company <A HREF="http://www.hydrocracker.co.uk/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hydrocracker</A>, Operation Black Antler places its audience in the role of an undercover police officer in order to question the morality and ethics of spying.
Wikileaks, the Snowden affair and the revelations about the Special Demonstration Squad show that secret forces within the state have little respect for the law. In Operation Black Antler you are given power and control and you have to choose how to exercise it. <A HREF="http://www.blasttheory.co.uk/why-we-are-making-operation-black-antler/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Read more from Blast Theory</A> and on <A HREF="http://www.hydrocracker.co.uk/operation-black-antler-blog" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hydrocracker's blog</A> about the making of the work.
Ideas Test is about empowering people to live more creative lives and Operation Black Antler offers communities the chance not only to experience a world class immersive theatre piece but also to play an active role in creating it.
Operation Black Antler features a North Kent community cast, who will be working alongside professional actors to bring this intense and affecting piece to Chatham. See: <A HREF="http://www.ideastest.co.uk/operation-black-antler" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.ideastest.co.uk/operation-black-antler</A>
<A TITLE="Operation Black Antler on Twitter" HREF="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23OperationBlackAntler" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">#OperationBlackAntler</A>
 
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Operation Black Antler last approximately 2 hours with start times every 15 minutes. Select a date, then choose 'Get Tickets' to book your start time.

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