*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 onto 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.