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Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehranis darkly comedic, urgent new play that explores the ubiquitous feeling that our societies are falling apart. It isthesecond part of a trilogy of plays from Javaad Alipoor about how digital technology, resentment and fracturing identities are changing the world. Combining digital theatre and a live Instagram feed, the production premiered at the Traverse Theatre in 2019, winninga Scotsman Fringe First Award. When its London transfer and subsequent national tour was postponed by the Covid-19 pandemic, co-creators Javaad Alipoor and Kirsty Housley set about devising a new digital version for online audiences which has been on virtual world tour since summer 2020 with performances at The Public Theater's Under The Radar Festival, HOME Manchester, Norfolk & Norwich Festival, Chicago's Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Electric Dreams Festival and the Sundance Film Festival. The ScotsmanFringe First Winner 'A compelling experiment... Thrillingly idea-rich, ambitious and formally adventurous.' The Stage 'An ambitious, sprawling show.' The Observer

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Javaad Alipoor is a British-Iranian, Manchester-based and Bradford-built artist, writer and founding Artistic Director of TheJavaadAlipoor Company. The Companytakesstories beyond the stage through powerful multi-platform creations that explore the intersection of politics and technology in the contemporary world. Javaad was Resident Associate Director at Sheffield Theatres (2017-18),Associate Director at Bradford?s Theatre in the Mill (2015-2017) and is an alumni of Arts Council England?s Change Makers programme. Javaad's plays includeThe Believers Are But BrothersandRich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran(both Oberon) and his writing on international politics, cultural policy and art has been featured inThe Guardian,The IndependentandThe Stage.

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