Is intelligence good enough on its own, or is it one piece of the jigsaw that makes a person complete? The play Jhoom Jhoom Jhumpa, written and directed by Sapan Saran, explores this question through the adventures of its protagonist Jhumpa. The production, which premiered at Prithvi's Wintertime children's festival in December 2018, will be staged this week during its summer programme for kids. However, while it promises to bring positive human values and the magic of theatre to children, Saran says it is a play both, for the child in you and the mature voice in your child.

The germ of the idea for the production was born in 2016 as part of an initiative by Tamaasha Theatre, which Saran founded with Sunil Shanbag. "We did a programme called Art with Care in collaboration with St Jude India Childcare Centres, which provide shelter to children being treated for cancer. It ran for two years, where we put up several interactive performances that introduced the kids to puppetry, clowning and music apart from theatre. Jhoom Jhoom Jhumpa was one of the original 20-minute works we created for the programme, which was later developed into a one-and-a-hour show."