Apart from the stage props, a moonlit sky, night calls of the birds, a gentle breeze and a few traffic snarls also formed part of Makarand Deshpande's production, Sir Sir Sarla presented at the debut edition of Prithvi@theTurf last year. "The play needs an intimate setting but the ambience changed the mood and added a realistic element," shares the writer-director, now geared to present Ansh's Miss Beautiful at the second edition of the festival. Scheduled to take place over a week at a pop-up amphitheatre at the green-carpeted Mahalaxmi Race Course, the festival will feature English and Hindi plays, a children's play and a music performance by the neo-Folk band, Neeraj Arya's Kabir Café. "The response that we received last year was superb. The amphitheatre and the location lent a special energy to the experience," says Kunal Kapoor, trustee, Prithvi Theatre that has previously presented Theatre at Horniman Circle too.

A staging of Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon at the festival last year