Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran

Javaad Alipoor is a Manchester-based writer, director and maker-performer working across different media including theatre, TV, digital forms and film.

As writer, director and performer, his work includes: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World (HOME Manchester & Battersea Arts Centre, 2023); Rich Kids (Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, & HOME 2019); and The Believers Are But Brothers (2017 Edinburgh Fringe, Bush Theatre, and national and international tour).

He runs the Javaad Alipoor Company.

Chris Thorpe is a writer and performer from Manchester. He often works collaboratively with other artists and organisations, and his work has toured widely and been produced in many countries.

His plays include: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World, with Javaad Alipoor (BAC, HOME and Sydney Festival); Status (China Plate Theatre, 2018); Victory Condition (Royal Court Theatre, 2017); and There Has Possibly Been an Incident (Manchester Royal Exchange/Latitude/Edinburgh, 2013).