Award-winning choreographers Jess and Morgs have created a new dance piece titled "Deepfake" that explores the intersection of technology, truth, and theatrical performance. The work examines how deepfakes and manipulated imagery blur the line between reality and fabrication, using the high-stakes format of a televised political interview as its centrepiece. This project is particularly timely given the growing concern about how deepfakes can cause people to distrust both false and genuine information alike, creating what the choreographers describe as "a gap of doubt and scepticism about everything."

The piece unfolds on a green-screen stage, where a journalist and politician are filmed by four live cameras, with audiences witnessing both the reality of what happens and an edited version with manipulated backgrounds. Seven dancers in green-screen suits manipulate the environment before disappearing in the final edit, mirroring the invisible mechanics of digital fabrication. Drawing inspiration from infamous televised interviews including Jeremy Paxman's 1997 interrogation of Michael Howard and Prince Andrew's Newsnight appearance, the choreographers collaborated with writer Jeff James to explore how political figures evade questioning. The work features two accomplished dancers—Rebecca Bassett-Graham and Kennedy Junior Muntanga—whose rapid movements and voiceover text visualise the dynamics of confrontation and evasion.