In the past year, most of us have been part of at least one — lucky, if not many — college or school Zoom reunion that, as funnyman Anuvab Pal puts it, “starts off well, but eventually goes to hell”. It’s all nostalgia-laced at the start, quickly turning into a drag. After surviving some of these painful calls, Pal decided to write the play, Admission, that’s airing in India this weekend. Directed by Rohan Sippy, it stars actors Tillotama Shome, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Noah Luce and Rasika Dugal, and is produced by Mumbai’s Rage Productions and US-based EnActe Arts.

Vinita Sud Belani, artistic director, EnActe Arts, a theatre company that addresses South Asian stories and themes, shares that Admission is part of their collaboration with Rage Productions to support 100 artistes. “Anuvab connected us with Rage last year. At the time, Shernaz [Patel, co-founder, Rage] told us how there was just no work for theatre-makers in India during the lockdown. So, we decided to collaborate on a festival and sent out a call for online plays that reflect the times that we’re living in. We requested Anuvab to write one, too,” she tells us.