A short, sharp story about who gets heard, who gets processed, and how easily the two start sounding the same.
cuts both ways — trailer
scapegoat studios · 2026
the story
A legal aid worker. An algorithm that's started picking up her overflow calls. The people on the other end of the line haven't noticed the difference — but one of them is about to learn the hard way.
cuts both ways is a 40-minute audio drama about access, automation, and the quiet violence of being processed instead of heard. It sits in the gap between two crises — the collapse of legal aid in the UK and the arrival of AI systems built to fill it — and asks what gets lost when help and harm start to sound the same.
Adapted from the original stage play. Coming summer 2026.
What happens when the system makes the same mistake she did — and no one is left to notice?— from the script
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go deeper
If the play leaves you with questions, you're not alone. These are pieces we read while we were writing it — about legal aid, automation, and what it costs to not be heard. Start anywhere.
legal aid · long read
ai ethics · essay
investigation
interview
criticism
reporting
credits
written & directed
Dalton Scott
produced
Scapegoat Studios
in association with
Oh No Theatre
runtime
~ 40 minutes
format
audio drama, four parts
release
summer 2026