Anna X
By (Author) Joseph Charlton
Faber & Faber
Faber & Faber
2nd November 2021
15th July 2021
Main
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
812.6
Paperback
96
Width 130mm, Height 200mm, Spine 9mm
115g
And the Internet has democratised overly. But you know what People lovehierarchy. It infuriates them but it makes them horny. It's gold dust.
Anna. 25. Curator. I art, fashion, NYC.
Ariel. 32. CEO @Genesis. A dating app by invite only. SF-NYC-LDN.
It's all about concept, and it's so easy. Anna and Ariel, they make the world.They curate and create and know what people want. The fashionistas, the artscene, the elite party circuit. Outsiders who infiltrate, who influence, whodazzle. Appearance is everything. And then it isn't. And there's a price to pay.
A story about narcissism inspired by real events, Joseph Charlton's Anna Xpremiered at the VAULT Festival, 2019, and transferred to the Harold PinterTheatre, London, in July 2021.
Joseph Charlton is a writer from the north east of England. He worked as a journalist from 2012-2017, primarily at the Independent. His first play, Anniversary, was published in Craig Raine's literary magazine, Arete, in 2017. His second play, Brilliant Jerks, was performed at the Vaults Festival, in London, in 2018. He is now expanding the play into a planned eight part series for the BBC. ANNA X was first performed at the Vaults Festival in 2019. He is currently writing on the second series of HBO and BBC's Industry, as well as working on a novel.