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October 2025

Elmet

The Javaad Alipoor Company

An epic northern noir.

Event Details
Date October 2025
Location Loading Bay
Ages 14+
Contains scenes of sexual violence

An epic northern noir – created for Bradford 2025 by The Javaad Alipoor Company.

Elmet is an explosive story of family, revenge and the ultimate price of holding on to your dignity – set in the wilds of the West Riding and receiving its world premiere at Bradford 2025.

Cathy, Daniel and Daddy are a family living apart from the world on a land “made of myths”. But now, a great reckoning is coming, led by an all-powerful landowner and his henchman – and it threatens to smash the foundations of everything they’ve built together.

Elmet is created for Bradford 2025 by The Javaad Alipoor Company, based on the 2017 Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by Fiona Mozley, and conceived and directed by the company’s founding Artistic Director, Javaad Alipoor, who grew up in Bradford.

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Credits
Conceived and Directed by Javaad Alipoor.
Based on the novel by Fiona Mozley.

Further credits to be announced.

Commissioned by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
Image courtesy of Telegraph & Argus.

The Javaad Alipoor Company presents Elmet

Based on the novel by Fiona Mozley. Conceived and Directed by Javaad Alipoor. Commissioned by Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture

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