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Phantasmagoria
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- Book Synopsis
- 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 Bina's 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.
- About The Author
- 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.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781911501183
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Aurora Metro Books, (01 November 2023)
- Number of Pages
- 84
- Weight
- 113 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 181 x 130 x 10 mm
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