Javaad Alipoor Explained

Birth Date:September 1984
Alma Mater:University of Bradford
Years Active:2012–present
Spouse:Natalie Diddams

Javaad Alipoor (born September 1984) is a British-Iranian theatre-maker and writer from Bradford.[1] His work explores the interactions between technology and society, inviting audiences to engage with the kinds of technologies which shape how knowledge is created, shared and contested.[2]

Early life

Alipoor was born to an Iranian Shia Muslim father who fled the Shah regime and an English Catholic working class mother and grew up on a council estate in Bradford.[3] Alipoor studied Regeneration Project Management at University of Bradford and is a member of University Court there.[4] He then pursued a Masters; his thesis was about psychoanalysis and Sufism.[5]

Career

Alipoor has worked as a social worker and as resident associate director at Sheffield theatres and creative projects manager at Royal & Derngate theatre.[6] His eponymous theatre company was established in 2017.[7]

Alipoor has won two Scotsman Fringe First Awards [8] (For 'Believers are But Brothers' 2017 and 'Rich Kids: A history of Shopping Malls in Tehran' 2019) and has been hosted at The Traverse Theatre during the Edinburgh Festivals[9] [10]

Writing

'The Believers Are But Brothers' takes its title from a quote in the Qur’an and concerns online radicalisation and how young disaffected men access Islamic State propaganda sites and 4Chan [11] [12]

In 'Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran' Alipoor performs with Peyvand Sadeghian[13] [14] using YouTube and Instagram to tell stories of how Iran's young, wealthy elite live extravagant lifestyles on social media.[15] [16]

Alipoor's play 'Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World' [17] (not to be confused with Girard's Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World') explores the story of Iranian singer Fereydoun Farrokhzad and together with Chris Thorpe, Me-Lee Hay and Raam Emami (King Raam)) comments on the way the internet shapes knowledge and research and how colonial structures are reproduced and perpetuated online, particularly in the multiple language versions of Wikipedia. Alipoor encourages his audience to browse Wikipedia and follow links down a wiki rabbit hole.[18] [19]

Personal life

Alipoor lives in Manchester with his wife Natalie Diddams.[20] He speaks fluent Persian. In 2018, Alipoor said he is not religious, but does take part in local Shia cultural events.[3]

References

  1. Web site: Javaad Alipoor Company: the Manchester theatre group crossing borders with international stories .
  2. Web site: Javaad Alipoor: 'Our shows ask what the tech we use reveals about how we examine the world' . 2023-08-26 . The Stage . En.
  3. Web site: Iranian in England, English in Iran: Interview with Javaad Alipoor. Medium. Zuzanna. Fiminska. 29 November 2018. 18 April 2024.
  4. Web site: 2023-03-03 . Meet the writer who will host Anita Rani's installation as Chancellor . 2023-08-26 . University of Bradford . en.
  5. Web site: 19 April 2021. Artists and Climate Change. 18 April 2024.
  6. News: Gardner . Lyn . @lyngardner . 2017-08-15 . Javaad Alipoor: 'The response to radicalism is to shut down debate for young people' . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-08-26 . 0261-3077.
  7. Web site: the company – Javaad Alipoor Company . 2023-08-26 . en.
  8. Web site: 2023-08-15 . Things Hidden Since The Foundation of the World . 2023-08-26 . Traverse Theatre . en.
  9. News: Love . Catherine . 2022-11-04 . Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World review – a theatrical revelation . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-08-26 . 0261-3077.
  10. Web site: Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran . 2023-08-26 . Traverse Theatre . en.
  11. Scott . Joanne . 2020-05-03 . Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran' and The Believers Are but Brothers - digital lack and excess in a postdigital age . International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media . en . 16 . 2 . 134–149 . 10.1080/14794713.2020.1761680 . 218951973 . 1479-4713.
  12. Web site: The Believers Are But Brothers . 2023-08-26 . www.bbc.co.uk . en.
  13. Web site: Columnist . Guest . 2023-08-17 . 'I exist as two people': Peyvand Sadeghian lays bare the politics of identity . 2023-08-26 . The Big Issue . en.
  14. Web site: 2022-06-20 . Stranded in Iran: How one refugee's experience shaped her career . 2023-08-26 . euronews . en.
  15. News: Fisher . Mark . 2019-08-02 . Rich Kids: A History of Shopping Malls in Tehran review – dazzling and discombobulating . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-08-26 . 0261-3077.
  16. Web site: 2021-04-26 . https://projectartscentre.ie/event/rich-kids-a-history-of-shopping-malls-in-tehran/, https://projectartscentre.ie/event/rich-kids-a-history-of-shopping-malls-in-tehran/ . 2023-08-26 . en-US.
  17. Web site: Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World . 2023-08-26 . HOME . en-GB.
  18. Web site: Lukowski . Andrzej . 2022-11-11 . Things Hidden Since the Foundation of the World review: exploration of a mysterious death . 2023-08-26 . Time Out London . en-GB.
  19. Web site: Simpson . Clare . 2023-08-22 . Things Hidden Since The Foundation Of The World . 2023-08-27 . FringeReview . en-GB.
  20. Web site: Javaad Alipoor on spicy Thai food, crying on planes, and the privilege of working in different places. The Boston Globe. Juliet. Pennington. 7 January 2021. 18 April 2024.

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