23 Oct - 2 Nov 2025
Loading Bay
Elmet
The Javaad Alipoor Company
An explosive Northern drama – created especially for Bradford 2025 by The Javaad Alipoor Company.
Elmet is a gutsy story of family, revenge and the ultimate price of freedom – set in the wilds of the West Riding, created by Bradford-raised writer-director Javaad Alipoor and receiving its world premiere at Bradford 2025.
Cathy and Danny live apart from the world with towering bare-knuckle boxer Daddy, who’s built them an idyll amid the trees on a land “made of myths”. But a great reckoning is coming, led by all-powerful local landowner Mr Price – and it threatens to smash apart everything the trio hold dear.
Javaad Alipoor’s stage adaptation of Fiona Mozley’s Booker Prize-shortlisted novel burst into life at Loading Bay with grit and guts – like an ancient tragedy reflected in shards of memory. With movement from Deb Pugh (Ad Infinitum) and new music from the BBC Folk Award-winning The Unthanks, this powerful production built to a jaw-dropping showdown finale.
Conceived and Directed by Javaad Alipoor
Commissioned by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
Image © Justin Sutcliffe
Image © Yasser Zadeh
Image © Helen Murray
Image © YellowBelly
Image © Michael Shelford
Image © Studio Butter
Cast and Creative Team
LJ Parkinson
Jennifer Jackson
Gabriella Schmidt
Sean Jackson
Tom Varey
Javaad Alipoor
Adrian McNally and The Unthanks
The Unthanks
Laurence Cook
Natalie Diddams
Deb Pugh
Good Teeth
Anthony Lamble
Sascha Gilmour
Prema Mehta
Sam Glossop
Chris Firth
Amber Medway
Nadine Rennie CDG
Martin Small
Maddie Whiffin
Kaitlin Howard
Gurkiran Kaur
Yasamin Rashidi
Lee Bowman
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