Lightroom, the immersive art venue in London’s King’s Cross, will present GAWD v. The People this autumn, an AI-driven, interactive courtroom drama in which humanity stands trial before Judge GAWD, an AI agent, with the audience acting as witnesses and advocates.
As usual, Lightroom will deploy 28 Panasonic laser projectors alongside two HOLOPLOT X1 Matrix Array units for spatial audio – the same model used at the Sphere in Las Vegas.
GAWD, created by nilor production company, is unscripted and features multiple active AI characters, meaning no two shows are the same. Three audience members will testify for the fate of humanity, while three agentic AI witness characters testify against it – interactions that feed into the AI model and shape the final judgement.
The show was officially selected for the Immersive Competition at Cannes 2026, and the Lightroom run marks its first presentation outside of festivals.
Richard Slaney, chief executive of Lightroom, said: “At Lightroom we love to experiment with boundaries of performance and entertainment, and so we’re proud to present the public world premiere of GAWD v. The People. The show can be profound, hilarious or disturbing – but critically, as the show responds in real time to audience members no two shows will ever be the same – we are in the hands of both our human participants and agentic AI.”
Kim Alpert, executive producer at nilor, added: “GAWD v. The People brings a little WWE meets Court TV meets the playfulness of the Mighty Boosh to audiences. GAWD bridges big concepts in a humorous and provocative way, with AI talking to AI and AI talking to humans live. At nilor, our work with AI has unlocked the ability to sculpt and craft characters for autonomously agentic worldbuilding.”
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