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Firefly Women
An Interactive Feminist Theatre Piece
Performers
Firefly Women is an interactive Physical Theatre piece that explores ideas of Feminist utopia(s).
It is set against the backdrop of letters written from jail by three Indian women incarcerated under a draconian law and Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain’s story “Sultana’s Dream”.
In their letters to their friends, lovers and comrades, the women write about their memories of cold winter nights at protest sites, learning lessons on resilience from their fellow inmates, the numbing monotony of prison life, keeping hope alive and the need to keep the work for a Feminist revolution going.
Sound Design: Neel Chaudhuri
Dramaturgy: Nisha Abdulla
Costumes: Sandhya Raman (tailoring by: Tilak Singh, Pawan, Ajit Singh)
Puppets Made By: Shobhit Tandon & Manjari
Set Constructed By: Jaan Mohammad
Production Management: Kiran
Direction & Design: Manjari Kaul
Supported by:
Performers
Priiya Prethora
Priiya is a movement and video artist trained in traditional, folk and martial art practice. They search for adventure and intimacy in everyday rhythms of all human and non human forms. They work with sound, physical movement and immersive mediums to solve existential puzzles.
Manjari Kaul
Manjari is a performer, director and theatre facilitator. She is a graduate of the DUENDE School of Ensemble Physical Theatre (2015) and holds a Master’s degree from The School of Arts & Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2010). She is dedicated to exploring the incongruous, disruptive and off-key in theatre and live performance; seeking possibilities of intersections and solidarities. Gender, sexuality and memory expressed through a personally political lens are leitmotifs in her work.
