Our new Theatre production ‘UnMasked’ peels off the layers of ‘powers that be’, the patriarchal society, while also exploring the vulnerability of an individual when they take off their mask.

There is a play within a play. Just like in the beginning of Bharat Muni’s Natyashastra, the very first performance ends abruptly when the daityas and vighnas (evil spirits) forcibly stop the performance. They are angered by the representation of their defeat by the gods on the stage. What happened in Natyashastra has repeated over time when someone finds the representation on stage indigestible. 

The play reveals what happens when after a performance, a Theatre group gets stuck in their small studio with the audience, as riots break out in the city. What stories unfold and secrets are revealed during this tumultuous time. As the night grows, and the masks come off, what do we find behind them – is it fear, insecurity, anxiety, depression, secret love, ambition, jealousy – what? 

‘Unmasked’ exposes the tender layers of each character that they hide behind the Mask of perfection, while trying to survive the harsh realities of a patriarchal socio-political scenario.

The play is a devised piece, conceptualized by the director and created together with the actors. 

Excerpts and inspiration from the writings of: 

• Jamshed Qamar Siddiqui 
• Anjali Kajal
• Jhumpa Lahri
• Anu Singh Shoudhury
• Shashi Deshpande
• Manubhandari
• Anukrit Upadhyay
• Karuna Ezra Parekh
• Renu Agrawal 

*CAST and CREDIT LIST*

*DIRECTION:* RAMANJIT KAUR 

*ASSISTANT DIRECTION:* RUHANI SINGH

*LIGHT DESIGN:* DAULAT VAID

*MUSIC DESIGN:* TANMOY BOSE

*CHOREOGRAPHY:* ASISH SINGHA

*INSTALLATION ART:* HRITHIK CHAKRABORTY