It only takes a train journey of a little over two hours from Dadar to enter a world vastly different from Mumbai. A world, which, on an early October morning, has a real nip in the air, where chikoo groves, paddy fields and creeks cover the landscape as far as the eye can see, where patchy mobile network doesn't bother, and where theatre for children is as unheard-of as a rooster's call in a Mumbai condominium.

That, however, is set to change for a few schools in and around Dahanu on the day we arrive in the town in Palghar district. We are here to join the team of Gillo on the Go, a touring children's theatre project by Mumbai-based Gillo Theatre Repertory, in the last leg of its two-week journey across parts of Maharashtra, including Wada and Kamshet. The goal is to take theatre to those who may not be able to experience it on their own.