Brilliant JerksJoseph CharltonMainLabel: Faber & FaberDescription: I saw the streets the lights the cars the people -Everything moving in different directions at the sametime. . .I wanted to make the map alive.In December 2008 an entrepreneur leaves a tech conference in Paris. As he stands on the street unableto 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.
