After doing the rounds of theatre festivals across India, including the Hindu Metroplus Theatre Festival in Bangalore, Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival in Hyderabad and Bharat Rang Mahotsav (NSD Theatre Festival, Delhi), Katyayani Productions’ play, Miss Julie, is now being staged in the city.

A scene from the play Miss Julie, featuring Vidushi Mehra and Damandeep Sidhu

The classic play was written in 1888 by August Strindberg, and revolves around a party in the house of a Count, where his daughter, Miss Julie, finds herself drawn into a sexual relationship with her valet Jean.

Over the course of the play, Miss Julie and Jean battle for control, with Julie growing hysterical at the thought of facing her aristocratic father after having slept with Jean. The valet is equally terrified of facing his master’s ire and comes up with a diabolical solution.