Update Required is a one-night-only comedy event hosted by Kory Mathewson and Julian Faid of Rapid Fire Theatre, alongside Piotr Mirowski (London, England) and maybe even some special guests! In times of technology revolution, two award-winning international comedy acts (Improbotics and Improvised TED Talks) come together to perform at the interface of humans and machines. 

An improv night to raise funds

All proceeds of the event will go to Centraide du Grand Montréal to support its mission to combat social exclusion and poverty. Please consider making a donation when buying your tickets.

Further information:

• Doors open at 7:30 pm, 
• Show starts at 8:00 pm, 
• End at 9:30 pm

The show will be in English, and there will be an intermission

Improbotics is a science comedy show and a live Turing test. An artificial intelligence-based chatbot is performing alongside a human cast, and it tries to pass as human as it sends lines to one of the improvisers via an earpiece. Our hilarious challenge is to attempt to justify, physically and emotionally, AI-generated lines that may make no sense at all.

Improvised TED Talks: Using slides they haven’t seen and speaking on a topic they get from the audience, Kory Mathewson and Julian Faid of Edmonton’s Rapid Fire Theatre will present totally improvised PowerPoint presentations right before your eyes.

About Techaide

Techaide brings together the tech community in creative and engaging ways to raise awareness, money and ideas to help Centraide break the cycle of poverty and social exclusion in Greater Montreal. 

Techaide: Get together. Give back.