Eileen:Aileen - I post, therefore you are. Without the inconvenience of being human

Eileen:Aileen, a ca. 60-minute satire staging at Kaapstad Toneelhuis in the City Centre.

Cape Town influencer Eileen’s engagement metrics are flatlining. The algorithm is ruthless, her audience is drifting, and staying relevant takes more bandwidth than she has left. Her fix? An app that drops her hyper-polished AI twin, Aileen, right into her living room. Aileen posts better. She smiles better. She exists without the mess, fatigue, or inconvenience of being a real person. But the glitch arrives when the digital twin starts forming opinions, agendas, and a life of her own.

Written by Cape Town-based writer and performer Hanni Heinrich and directed by Miriam Küllmer, Eileen:Aileen mixes dynamic live performance with smart video projections, immersive sound design, and the hyper-curated aesthetic of the creator economy.

Eileen:Aileen confronts a question everyone living on a screen eventually faces: if an AI can look like you, speak like you, and perform your personality without breaking a sweat, what makes you the original?

Featuring a compelling trio of performers, Natalie Robbie, Hanni Heinrich, and Heike Brunner.

Costume by Cape Town Fashion Designer Mona-Me.