The story of Medea is not shrouded in mystery but largely summarised in two parts: a) Medea, princess of Colchis and sorceress is furious when her husband Jason, also hero of the Golden Fleece abandons her for a new, royal bride in Corinth. b) She kills her children. As facts in a tragedy written by Greek playwright euripides and first produced in 431 BC, they are both true. What's also true is this perspective entails judging a book by its cover. It is more than the thirst for revenge and starting this weekend, a play hopes to show you why.

enthusiasm is apparent at a rehearsal space in Aram Nagar, where people hurriedly descend the stairs in togas. The production is helmed by actors Sarika and Akshara Haasan of Nautankisa Production. Sarika essays the role of a hands-on producer when I meet her; keeping track of the cast's make-up, snack supply, time stamps of the rehearsal, and, like everyone else in the city, the weather. In the middle of it all, she makes time for a meeting in the vanity room to talk about the intimacy of theatre and above all, euripides' Medea. "I don't know how to say it without sounding mushy. Theatre is very warm. There is no money so everybody comes down to one level. There is no star. everybody does everything," she says, and that's all she wants to say.