{"product_id":"phantasmagoria-9781911501183","title":"Phantasmagoria","description":"Shortlisted for The Hindu Playwright Award \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour people come together for a political \u003cbr\u003edebate in a remote house, deep in a forest. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMehrosh is a celebrated activist, made anxious \u003cbr\u003eby recent death threats. Her opponent, \u003cbr\u003eBina, is a wily politician from the ruling \u003cbr\u003eparty, determined to look good and win. Jai \u003cbr\u003eis a journalist who wants to launch his new \u003cbr\u003echannel with a bang. Scherezade is Bina's PA, \u003cbr\u003eand not quite who she seems. Is anyone?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in an imaginary country in the near \u003cbr\u003efuture, Phantasmagoria pits the terror of \u003cbr\u003espeaking out, against the fear of staying \u003cbr\u003equiet, in order to warn us of the very real \u003cbr\u003edangers of populism, social media and the use \u003cbr\u003eof fear to control us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aurora Metro Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50654415585554,"sku":"9781911501183","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_de376995-16b4-412c-bafb-48bbef2d34ba.jpg?v=1733374652","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/phantasmagoria-9781911501183","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}