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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Fun Sunday today at Royal Academy! I shall be speaking my heart out about how the Indian child in *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* keeps haunting visual artists both as presence and as absence! @royalacademy.bsky.social

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

OWC *A Midsummer Night’s Dream* is out! My intro moves through many Dreams: eco‑dreams, queer dreams, imperial dreams, sexist nightmares & the generative power of dreams. (Ed. Terri Bourus; gen. ed. Emma Smith.) Explore Dream's strangeness: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Birthday love to Zena, my gorgeous adopted donkey!💙I adopted her to celebrate finishing a draft for my introduction to #AMidsummerNight’sDream 4 Oxford World’s Classics (Bottom/donkey/queer families in the play). And in mischievous timing, the edition releases tomorrow, the day after her birthday!

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Editing the new episode of 'Women & Shakespeare' podcast has felt like an act of self‑care. I’ve been so inspired by Laura Seymour’s wonderful work on #shakespeare & #neurodiversity Give it a listen and I’m sure you will find some brill ideas here. On all platforms &on www.womenandshakespeare.com

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

A joy to be in conversation with *Arundhanti Roy* after the screening of her movie, *In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones*. She kept it real, was funny, the audience was very warm. I saw this movie about clashes between students & profs with my ex-student & we shared big laughs :)

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I’m about to meet one of my real‑life heroines!! This week, I get to talk to the beautiful & brave writer, Arundhati Roy, about her newly restored *In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones* as part of London Indian Film Festival The film will screen before our Q&A! whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/defau...

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The film, 'In Search of the Sky', emphasizes some uncomfortable truths about the intersection of disability and poverty in rural India. Join us for a post-screening discussion at the BFI Southbank as part of the wonderful @loveliff londonindianfilmfestival.co.uk/in-search-of...

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Today’s Midsummer Day so final #MidsummerNightsDream. Not in my OWC edition but maybe in my NEXT book (stay tuned ;-)) dir Atri Banerjee at Regent's Park.Loved Bottom & Puck A LOT. Also, l somehow manifested my cover art colours for a pic:) Preorder here: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my new #Introduction for #OWC #midsummernightsdream is dir Elle While @the_globe in which Francesca Mills was the most awesome Hermia Preorder MND here: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is the adaptation & translation dir. Habib Tanvir, *Kamdev Ka Apna Basant Ritu Ka Sapna*. Tanvir's casting+use of dialects drew attention to class divisions & rural/urban divides in MND. Preorder: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is dir. Sean Holmes at Shakespeare's Globe. The cast shared the role of Robin/Puck. At some points, multiple actors played the role simultaneously! Preorder here: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my #Introduction for #OWC #midsummernightsdream is close to my ❤️. It was an NYU London & RADA production dir. Vivian Munn. Enjoyed the queer love triangle of Snout/Wall, Bottom/ Pyramus, Flute/Thisbe Preorder here: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is dir. Katherine Steele Brokaw & Paul Prescott at Yosemite National Park. Poor Puck's wings were getting caught in rubbish the humans were leaving behind in the park! Preorder MND here: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my new #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is Northern Broadsides production dir Barrie Rutter. The Workmen are so busy, their casting takes place in a tea-break. Preorder here: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my new #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is the @the-rsc.bsky.social dir Erica Whyman. Billed 'A Play for the Nation', a professional cast toured around the UK & collaborated with different amateur theatre companies. Preorder here: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is Michael Hoffman’s film. Flute delivers a heartfelt lament as Thisbe and stuns the audience into silence: 'very tragical mirth’ Preorder here: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my new #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is San Simske Noci /Midwinter Night’s Dream by Goran Paskaljevic. It's set in Serbia & foregrounds the compromised world that the younger generation has inherited. Preorder here: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my #Introduction 4 #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is *Midsummer Mechanicals* (dir Kerry Frampton+Lucy Cuthbertson). So joyous - it created a sense of community in the theatre. My interview with Frampton: www.buzzsprout.com/891835/episo... Preorder: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is dir. by Nicholas Hytner @bridgetheatre.bsky.social Hippolyta was a war captive in a glass cage & audience knew she was being coerced into marrying Theseus. Preorder MND: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my Introduction for OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is *Flourish* by @1623theatre.bsky.social. It enlists imaginative help of children in restoring environmental damage caused by Titania &Oberon's quarrel Info: www.1623theatre.co.uk/flourish Preorder: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Today’s featured production from my #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is an Indian film *10 ml Love* (dir Sharat Katariya). The workmen rehearse *Ramlila* - a folk drama that is performed around Diwali - in the midst of a big fat Indian wedding. Preorder here: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Day 8 of my #MidsummerCountdown Today’s featured production from my new #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is Peter Brook's production for @the-rsc.bsky.social I love Sally Jacobs' set that emphasizes the worlds-within-worlds of the play Preorder MND: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu Set Model: V&A

White box set with suspended red feather with Titania cutout figure in it. Surrounded by cutouts on swings. We can see beyond the set onto the dark where more cutouts are looking in

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Day 7 of my #MidsummerCountdown Today’s featured production from my new #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is the one Russell T. Davies adapted. This film imagined a euphoric ending in which Hippolyta, released from her chains, kisses Titania. Preorder MND: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

Two women kiss - one with butterfly wings and white sparkly dress - another a nature fairy

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Day 6 of my #MidsummerCountdown Today’s featured production/adaptation from my #Introduction 4 #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is *Revenge of the Amazons* by Jean Betts. It centres Hippolyta & the play-within-the-play is ‘Labia’s Lament’ by The Fallopian Thespians Preorder MND: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Day 5 of my #MidsummerCountdown Today’s featured production from my new #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is Sedos' (dir. Matt Hudson) in which Titania's instruction - 'Tie up my lover’s tongue. Bring him silently' - was underscored by ‘S&M’ by Rihanna. Preorder: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Day 4 of #MidsummerCountdown Today’s featured production 4rm my #Introduction 4 #OWC #MND is the @dasharts.bsky.social 1 dir. #TimSupple Indian & Sri Lankan actors performed in English &six SouthAsian languages with astute wordplay! Prod lmage: @the-rsc.bsky.social Preorder: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Day 2 #MidsummerCountdown Today’s featured production from my #Introduction for #OWC #MND is Adrian Noble dir. stage&film version where Titania’s bower is an upturned umbrella, a nod to the play’s wet &rainy weather. Image from SBT @shakespearebtrust.bsky.social Preorder MND: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Day 1 of my #MidsummerCountdown Today’s featured production from my new #Introduction for #OWC #MidsummerNightsDream is Julie Taymor dir. at Polonsky Shakespeare Center in NY. It began with Puck going to bed, implying that the entire play is perhaps Puck's dream. Preorder: tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu

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Dr Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

It’s #Midsummer month& *AMidsummerNight’sDream* is on preorder tinyurl.com/mre4rwtu. Intro by me+text ed. Terri Bourus. Emma Smith gave me this #Dream project. Celebrating by sharing productions I cite until Midsummer Night #MidsummerCountdown. Today’s joy: giant flowers on the cover by Sarah Young.

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