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Firefly Women - Manjari Kaul & Deepika Chauhan

A physical theatre performance that wove together letters written from prison and feminist fiction to tell a story of resistance, memory, and collective hope.

10 August 2025

A physical theatre duet that brought together real letters, imagined futures, and moments of interaction from the audience. Drawing from the writings of three Indian women imprisoned under a strict national security law, the performance wove personal stories of protest, prison life, and resistance. These letters were layered with Sultana’s Dream, a century-old feminist sci-fi story by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain.

The piece combined movement, spoken word, hand-crafted puppets, and sound to move between memory and imagination. The audience was invited to participate in small ways throughout, turning the performance into a shared space of reflection and co-creation.

Performers: Deepika Chauhan & Manjari Kaul
Sound Design: Neel Chaudhuri
Dramaturgy: Nisha Abdulla
Costumes: Sandhya Raman (tailoring by: Tilak Singh, Pawan, Ajit Singh)
Puppets: Shobhit Tandon & Manjari
Set Construction: Jaan Mohammad
Lights and Production Management: Kiran U
Direction and Design: Manjari Kaul

The show went through its initial development with the support of the Frankfurt MOVES! grant.

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