Casting announced for BRILLIANT JERKS at Southwark Playhouse

It has been announced that Sean Delaney (Killing Eve, BBC), Evening Standard Award-nominated Shubham Saraf (Shantaram, Apple TV+) and Kiran Sonia Sawar (The Nevers, HBO) will star in Brilliant Jerks at Southwark Playhouse from 1-25 March.  

From innovative, award-winning writer Joseph Charlton, Brilliant Jerks is a fast, touching and scandal-driven show based on the  creation of a multi-billion-dollar car-hailing app. This follows a sell-out run at VAULT Festival in  2018, returning as a full-length production. Focusing on how these great tech empires are  seemingly shaped by a relatively small number of entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley, it is a timely and fascinating production.  

Directed by Katie-Ann McDonough, this mesmerising play follows the chain reaction of change, during a decade of fast-growing and unregulated technology, which has so profoundly affected our everyday lives. 

Writer Joseph Charlton said: “I'm astonished and colossally excited by the three actors  we've assembled for Brilliant Jerks. I've followed Kiran, Sean, and Shubham for a few years and  all three are incredible actors. The play is a mixture of direct address and vigorous multi-rolling  throughout; and calls for a trio of supple, intelligent, and commanding actors. All three are  special talents and I can't wait to see them bring the play to life.”

In 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 onto yet another new future. This is the story of one brilliant idea, and the impact on the  lives of many. 

With casting direction from Becky Paris, Brilliant Jerks is inspired by the creation of infamous ride-hailing apps, audiences are  taken behind the scenes of the big ideas that shape our modern-day society, from those at the  top right down to those on the front lines day-to-day. The intertwining narratives highlight how  tech giants inadvertently not only alter our patterns of behaviour, but also shine a light on the  dangers of ignoring the responsibility which comes with power.

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