Civic Digits join Edinburgh Science Festival with The Big Data Show

This follows a delay in the production due to Covid-19, and a pilot tour of the experience around Scottish schools in Autumn 2020.

In a blend of storytelling, gaming and digital trickery, the production tackles the issues we face when living in the digital age. The online performance is interactive, and is available to anyone ages 10+. 

The Big Data Show follows two young hackers, Cy and Bug, as they get tangled up in a digital mess. The story is based on the experience of Civic Digits’ chief technical officer Rupert Goodwins, who hacked into Prince Phillip’s email account when he was 18 and sent out messages as His Royal Highness. Goodwins’ fellow hackers, who were initially found guilty of forgery and later found to be innocent, led to the first cybercrime legislation.