Shortlisted for The Hindu Playwright Award Four people come together for a politicaldebate in a remote house, deep in a forest. Mehrosh is a celebrated activist, made anxiousby recent death threats. Her opponent,Bina, is a wily politician from the rulingparty, determined to look good and win. Jaiis a journalist who wants to launch his newchannel with a bang. Scherezade is Bina's PA,and not quite who she seems. Is anyone? Set in an imaginary country in the nearfuture, Phantasmagoria pits the terror ofspeaking out, against the fear of stayingquiet, in order to warn us of the very realdangers of populism, social media and the useof fear to control us.
