{"product_id":"phantasmagoria-paperback-2","title":"Phantasmagoria - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeepika Arwind\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhanatasmagoria\u003c\/em\u003e is a political play exploring how power, censorship and tradition can silence debate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMehrosh, a celebrated student activist has been invited to an isolated house in the middle of a forest to take part in a debate with a powerful political adversary from the ruling party. It's a chance to make her voice heard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFearful of the coming conflict, surrounded by eerie shadows and mysterious noises, and increasingly uncertain of what she is told, Mehrosh starts to feel a growing paranoia that the people around her are not what they seem...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhantasmagoria\u003c\/em\u003e explores the dangers of divisive politics and unbridled social media to show how fear can be manufactured and manipulated with chilling consequences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE HINDU PLAYWRIGHT AWARD\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cp\u003e(ayoungishperspective.co.uk)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There's a central theme that sadly will be forever prescient - although seems particularly apt now - about the nature of politics and the culture wars and cult of personality that dominate them, and 'Phantasmagoria' is an uncomfortable peek behind that curtain. Despite being set in an unnamed country, it's easy to imagine it and place it geographically - and no huge mental leap to see any country descending into the same state.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUncaging the Leopard - Phantasmagoria at the Belgrade Theatre (elementarywhatson.com)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Deepika Arwind is not terribly hopeful about the world right now. That much is clear. But maybe it is only 'in first contouring the dismay she feels', 'we can start to think of what the path out of the darkness looks like.' Maybe the debate itself will look all together different to the preceding dialogue. That's for the audience to imagine with renewed hope.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlaywright Deepika Arwind on 'Phantasmagoria' at Southwark Playhouse (strandmagazine.co.uk)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKali's PHANTASMAGORIA by Deepika Arwind Comes to Southwark Playhouse Borough (broadwayworld.com)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eABOUT THE AUTHOR\u003cp\u003eDeepika Arwind is an award-winning international playwright originally from Bangalore whose work has been presented across India, Europe and the USA. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe will be a fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart for most of 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeepika Arwind is an international playwright and \u003cbr\u003etheatre-maker originally from Bangalore whose work has \u003cbr\u003ebeen presented across India, the USA and Europe. She has \u003cbr\u003ewon or been nominated for several awards, including the \u003cbr\u003eToto Award, the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, \u003cbr\u003eand The Hindu Playwright Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe was recently a playwright-in-residence at Jagriti, \u003cbr\u003epart of The International Conference of Insecurity - a \u003cbr\u003ecollective of performers from eight countries based in \u003cbr\u003eZurich (2022), and playwright-in-residence for the Welt\/\u003cbr\u003eBuehne season at the Residenztheater in Munich.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe will be a fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in \u003cbr\u003eStuttgart for most of 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 84\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.6 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 20, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736169386047,"sku":"9781911501183","price":16.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/938453803fbf7e13337ba2996cb2b455.webp?v=1765145896","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/phantasmagoria-paperback-2","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}