An interactive, online-only livestreamed theatre experience, tearing apart the internet as it is and rebuilding it as the Xanadu wonderland envisioned by philosopher and internet pioneer Ted Nelson.  

In 1965, Nelson imagined a radical version of the internet that would help human life evolve into an entirely new form. He also invented the internet-connected dildo. Flash forward 55 years: the internet is 20% porn, 20% cat videos and the rest is targeted advertising from Wish.com.  

You can’t help but wonder if 83 year old Ted knew what we were getting ourselves into. Award-winning performance artist Harriet Gillies and new media artist and filmmaker Xanthe Dobbie, whose work draws on humour, pop, sex, history and iconography through a queer and feminist lens, need your help to reinvent the internet as the utopia Nelson intended. 

This event will be livestreamed via Sydney Festival. A link to the livestream will be sent via email prior to the event.