Either women who talk about sex are taken lightly or the talk itself must come laced with humour," says thespian Saloni Shukla, who decided it was the time to take matters into her own hands. It was in November this year that she premiered her irreverent solo show, Black Sheep 2.0, under her company Verite Productions. "The name draws from the numerous times I've been called that and 2.0 because, just when you think you are the black sheep of the family, you go one step ahead," she says.

"I hate weddings. I hate family events. I hate large crowds. I hate these aunties sitting behind me waiting to spot that one black sheep and gossip endlessly about them" as the opening lines of the performance go, 34-year-old Shukla is exasperated and with it comes honesty that is at times brazen and at others comical. The story is that of an erotica writer in her early thirties and draws considerably from the actor's own life — a tussle between her own ideas and societal norms.