Freedom Club is a fast-paced dystopian thriller which focuses on the power of high-tech corporations and the impact of rapidly progressing digital technologies (particularly AI and VR) on our way of life. Set in an abandoned warehouse in Paris, the play plunges immediately into a high-stakes situation. Members of anti-tech activist group FREEDOM CLUB – once childhood friends and now working for the high tech, defense, and media industries – have carried out an attack on Elon Musk: a drone dumping feces on the billionaire’s head at a high-profile event. As footage of the incident goes viral worldwide, part two of their plan – warning the world of an AI program called “AI NOS” which they manipulate to demonstrate its corrosive power – spins out of control. One of them gets shot, they have a hostage on their hands, and the police are closing in fast. As the crisis unfolds and the AI program shows everyone a shocking future, a moral and psychological power struggle breaks out with the group debating how far it is willng to go for its ideals.
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Nicolas Le Bricquir is an author, director, and actor who serves as Artistic Director of Panorama, a Paris theater. He trained at the Cours Florent and at the ‘Ecole Superieure des Comediens through the work-study program in Asnieres. He received the Audience Award of the Theater 13 competition in 2021 for his play, Denali. That show also received four nominations for the Molieres in 2024. He created Freedom Club in 2025 and directed its theatrical debut at Theatre Juliette Recamier in Paris.