Two true stories of a Dalit bus driver and a Muslim migrant worker on death row —told through movement, text, and music. Based on research, the piece questions caste, torture, justice, and why we still turn to the death penalty.
Curated by:
Anuradha Kapur
Mezok is a collection of interwoven stories shaped into a physical narrative that contemplates desire and the intricate systems we inhabit. Pavitra navigates the liminal realms between longing and separation along with the bureaucratic red tape that binds it all.
Curated by:
Mahesh Dattani
Kavan is an operatic satire, written and performed entirely in poetry and song, capturing the young Ambedkarite experience. It attempts to encapsulate the India we see around us today: a nation of mounting ambition, full of contradictions.
Curated by:
Mahesh Dattani
The play Jas Ki Tas is based on the famous story Thakur Ka Roothna by renowned storyteller Vijaydan Detha and performed as Swang, an ancient and rich form of Indian folk theater that is now on the verge of extinction.
Curated by:
Lillete Dubey
Set on the final day of Krishna’s life, Nihsango Ishwar transports us to a moment after the dust of Kurukshetra has settled and the destruction of the Yadavs has already passed.
Curated by:
Lillete Dubey
The play is an inquiry into pleasure and abuse. Confronting childhood trauma and adult desire, the protagonist spirals into hedonism, only to be undone by love and the impossible task of making sense of it all.
Curated by:
Quasar Thakore Padamsee
Something Like Truth written by eminent writer Shanta Gokhale explores our relationship with truth, freedom and justice. Spanning 19th-century France, early 2000s India, and post-war Sri Lanka, the play is a fictional interpretation of women from different corners of the world.
Curated by:
Quasar Thakore Padamsee
Ottam traces the life of Akai Amaran, a Paraiyar girl from rural Tamil Nadu, who battles caste and class barriers to become one of India’s leading track and field athletes as an 800 metres runner.
Curated by:
Mahesh Dattani

