Shortlisted for The Hindu Playwright Award
Four people come together for a political debate in a remote house, deep in a forest.
Mehrosh is a celebrated activist, made anxious by recent death threats. Her opponent, Bina, is a wily politician from the ruling party, determined to look good and win. Jai is a journalist who wants to launch his new channel with a bang. Scherezade is Binas PA, and not quite who she seems. Is anyone?
Set in an imaginary country in the near future, Phantasmagoria pits the terror of speaking out, against the fear of staying quiet, in order to warn us of the very real dangers of populism, social media and the use of fear to control us.
Recenzijos
«...honest, harrowing, and teaches us through humour that we must, no matter the circumstances, not lose hope in fighting for our vocality and visibility.» M1 Singapore Fringe; "Phantasmagoria makes for bleak yet compelling viewing, giving us an uncomfortable glimpse into the echelons of power, and the sinister machinations of those who would use or abuse it. A great - and thought-provoking - evening of theatre." - Whatson
Daugiau informacijos
Short-listed for Hindu Playwriting Prize 2023.To coincide with a tour of the play in a number of theatre venues in Autumn 2023
author biography
Theatre Company information
Playtext
Deepika Arwind is an international playwright and theatre-maker originally from Bangalore whose work has been presented across India, the USA and Europe. She has won or been nominated for several awards, including the Toto Award, the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, and The Hindu Playwright Award. She was recently a playwright-in-residence at Jagriti, part of The International Conference of Insecurity a collective of performers from eight countries based in Zurich (2022), and playwright-in-residence for the Welt/Buehne season at the Residenztheater in Munich.
She will be a fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart for most of 2023.
