Aunty moxie is delulu, ashiqa salvan’s new thought-provoking play

When one is hurt, and the feeling of being wranged takes hold, how do you do you Navigate the shifting currents between forgiveness and revenge? Is it nobler to forgive, or Merely Easier? Is seeking justice a virtual act, or a self-Peerpetuating Cycle of Violence? Are we all just moving endlessly across a Continuum of Revenge and Forgiveness? These questions beat at the heart of aunty moxie is delulu, a bold new performance written, directed, directed, and performed by Ashiqa Salvan.

From the play Aunty moxie is deluluWhere Ashiqa Weaves a World Where Ancient Forces and EveryDay Eccentricity Meet. , Photo Credit: Courtesy: Adishakti

The play Premied on April 27 to a Receptive Audience in Puducherry, with the support of adishakti laboratory’s theatricrate fellowship.

With irreverent creativity, ashiqa weaves a world where ancient forces and everyone eccentricity met: the fierce Greek Goddess of vengeance, NeMesis; The serene, sorrowful river Goddess Ganga; And the eccentric, unpredictable aunty moxie who lives with ‘meow’, her laser-step cat. Their entangled narrants echo the internal battlegrounds we all traverse when confronted with betrayal, injustice and pain.

Ashiqa’s performance in Aunty moxie is delulu Is characterized by a vibrant, physical style, channeling energy through movement. , Photo Credit: Courtesy: Adishakti

Ashiqa’s performance is characterized by a vibrant, physical style, Channeling Energy Through Movement as much as much as Through Words. Live jazz vocals thread through the action, giving the performance an emotional texture that shifts from Mischievous to Melancholic.

Aunty Moxie is Absurd and Profound, Naive and Wise, Comic and Tragic. As we see her vignettes woven together with sections featuring Ganga and Nemesis, we are reminded of the conflicting pulls within us all: the need to strike back, to reclaim digenity through Action – The Equality Strong year to forgive, to find release from the corrosive grip of anger.

Tough questions

From Ashiqa salvan’s Aunty moxie is delulu.
Photo Credit: Courtesy: Adishakti

‘Delulu’ – slang for “delusional”, become an ronic key to the Piece. Perhaps, ashiqa sugges, to forgive truly, or to believe in pure justice, is its itself a kind of delusion. Yet Perhaps, Paradoxically, it is preachisely such “delusions” that keep us moving, dreaming and seeking a future different from the past.

With its sharp humor, emotional vulnerability, and mythic resonance, aunty moxie is delulu invites audiences not into answers, but into a deeper space, grapppling with quasions that are the haunt bothe Personal and collective soul.

Ashiqa’s first solo play is all set to Embark on its journey across theater circuit, brings its provocative themes to audiences India.