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Huge backlash after top theatre body floats plans to replace stage actors with AVATARS - as idea dismissed as 'naff' and 'cheap'

Theatres of the future may soon cast actors made not of flesh and blood, but of pixels and code.

But the plans - which have been promoted by the UK's leading theatre organisation for AI-generated avatars on stage - have been met with horror by actors and directors who fear the proposal would put hard-working thespians out of work. But the plans - which have been promoted by the UK's leading theatre organisation for AI-generated avatars on stage - have been met with horror by actors and directors who fear the proposal would put hard-working thespians out of work (Pictured: The band members — Björn Ulvaeus, Agnetha Fältskog, Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Benny Andersson — spent three weeks at Ealing Studios in West London in September 2020 filming in motion capture suits)

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