Under the direction of Vivek Gaur, a team of 20 artistes will perform a set of three plays this weekend. While the stories Beemar and Karwat have been written by Saadat Hasan Manto, 365 is a play written by Pankaj Shresth. “I had read quite a few of Manto’s stories, some of which stayed with me, and I felt that they should be staged. Beemar was a comedy and Karwat had a different kind of suspense. Usually, theatre groups perform Thanda Gosht, Boo and Toba Tek Singh, but Karwat is rarely performed. Our group is performing it for the first time, too,” says Gaur.

The story of Karwat revolves around a commercial sex worker who moves into a new locality. However, the people in the society are upset about her moving to their neighbourhood. They are disturbed by her clothes and behaviour; the music playing in the house and her being visited by her clientele, among other things. To express their displeasure, they trouble her in different ways, one of which is by leaving garbage outside her house.