City-based collective HausOfBhaus is bringing queer joy to the stage through their debut production, Jhumkewali, at two venues in the city. The team comprises writer Ami Bhansali and theatre practitioners Nidhi Krishna and Mekhala Singhal. The play traces the lives of two college girls, Rekha and Bindu (played by Harshini Misra and Lauren Robinson). When Bindu finds Rekha’s missing jhumka, the two strike up a conversation in the corridors of Sophia College for Women, and fall in love over chai-sutta, local train rides, and disco nights. What happens when they try to set up a date?

The poster for the play reflects the colours of matchboxes in the 1970s decade