Brilliant Jerks by Joseph Charlton
I saw the streets, the lights, the cars, the people - Everything moving in different directions at the same time. . . I wanted to make the map alive. In December 2008, an entrepreneur leaves a tech conference in Paris. As he stands on the street, unable to hail a cab, an idea lands with the falling snow: tap a button, get a ride. Ten years later, Mia drives nights in Manchester, Sean is recruited as the brightest new programmer and Tyler moves on to yet another new future. Brilliant Jerks tells the story of three people - a driver, a coder and a CEO - working for one tech monolith, but living worlds apart. Joseph Charlton's sleek, gripping and revelatory play, based on the creation of a multi-billion-dollar app, premiered at VAULT Festival, 2018, and was revived at Southwark Playhouse, London, in March 2023.
Joseph Charlton is a multi-award winning writer from the North East of England. His Olivier-nominated play ANNA X, inspired by the life of Anna Delvey, had a sold-out run in the West End in 2021, starring Emma Corrin and Nabhaan Rizwan. For television, he is a writer and producer on the critically acclaimed HBO/BBC series Industry. In 2023, he is writing a new play on attachment with the National Theatre, as well as adapting both ANNA X and Brilliant Jerks for television. In film he is a co-writer with John Hodge (Trainspotting, The Beach) on the Paul Mescal-attached thriller, A Spy By Nature.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571383467 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571383467 |
| Title | Brilliant Jerks |
| Author | Joseph Charlton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2023-03-16 |
| Number of pages | 88 |
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