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THE co-creator of Alan Partridge and stars from Ru Paul’s Drag Race are highlights of Bradford Fringe Festival, taking place in city venues this summer. The festival has a packed programme of theatre, comedy, dance and poetry from July 3 to August 1, headed by Oscar-nominated writer and satirist Armando Iannucci, in virtual conversation with Bradford film-maker Javaad Alipoor discussing film, screen and politics followed by an audience Q&A. Armando Iannucci has written, directed, and produced critically acclaimed films and TV and radio comedy shows including In The Loop, nominated for a...

Published: 6:32 PM April 9, 2021    Aerial duo Gravity and Levity will perform at the Garden Party in Chapelfield Gardens at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2021. - Credit: Mark Morreau 2020 From cabaret to an installation in prison cells, the line-up for the Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2021 is as diverse as ever. The annual arts festival returns from May 17 to May 30 and once again features a jam-packed programme of live music, theatre, art and literature.  This year will be a specially created one-off adaptation due to coronavirus, with outdoor and socially distanced performances an...

Rock 'n' Roll come immediately to mind - plays that wrestle with concepts (English identity and the diversities of passion) rather than the connect-the-dots plots of so many American plays. I might place Javaad Alipoor and Kristy Housley's Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran very much in the "theatre as exploration of ideas" camp, and it does so very well. I hesitate to even call it a "play" in any traditional sense. Is it an experience? An interaction? Whatever it is, it is definitely a glorious surprise. Honestly, I have found myself feeling less than excited about viewing the...

Javaad Alipoor and Peyvand Sadeghian. Photo courtesy of Woolly Mammoth. As the world has now officially crossed over the one-year mark of a global pandemic, nothing and everything feels like it’s changed. Time has flown by, yet we continue to make memes about it still being March 2020. We acknowledge the increase in burnout and screen fatigue, yet we continue to turn to our devices to stay connected to others.  The perception of time is just one of many themes pulled apart and put back together in The Javaad Alipoor Company’s production of “Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Teh...

MEMO in conversation with Javaad Alipoor Our conversation with British-Iranian writer, theatremaker and director Javaad Alipoor discussing his most recent play 'Rich Kids', the Iranian politics that underline it and the role of art in politics. March 3, 2021 at 11:00 am Middle East Monitor caught up with British-Iranian writer and director Javaad Alipoor this week for a conversation about his work. He has been online-touring with his latest production Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran (2019), which won the Fringe First Award at the Edinburgh Festival. Alipoor describes h...