Phantasia

Phantasia follows Ayaan, a young Somali woman who slips away into Phantasia, a fully realised inner world she builds for herself. For Ayaan, daydreaming is not a habit; it is a form of survival. In Phantasia, the audience are not passive observers - they are characters in Ayaan's world. They are the ones she performs for, confides in and ultimately has to let go of. At its heart, Phantasia asks: what happens when the world in your head becomes the only place you feel seen, and what changes when someone else finally enters that world and truly witnesses it too? A love letter to dreamers, to young Somali women,  Phantasia is a debut work about inherited imagination as survival, sisterhood and the cost of living in your head. Funny, tender and playful, it is a play that asks its audience to be present, because Ayaan never quite learned how.

Writer: Afnaan Osman

Director: Lauryn Perkins-Monney

Cast: Muna Abdulahi, Salma Muse, Afnaan Osman