There is an episode in the latest series of the acclaimed web series, Black Mirror that revolves around the relationship that two friends share. One is a happily married man. The other is playing the dating game. The show begins in the present era when the two are roommates obsessed with the video game, Mortal Kombat. But then it fast-forwards 11 years into the future, with the passage of time having made them distant. That is, until the married man's wife invites his friend over for his birthday and they reconnect. Later that night, they start playing Mortal Kombat again. But the dynamics of the game have now changed to such an extent that the two can actually enter its fictitious world and embody the characters locked in combat. And it's in that fictitious world that they realise that they have feelings for each other, after one of the men initiates a kiss with the other that soon blossoms into a full-blown virtual romance.

The point is that the idea of homosexual feelings can dawn on a person out of the blue. And that's what the plot of Stop Kiss also revolves around. It's one of the three plays that will be staged at Antarang, a theatre festival that's dedicated to the LGBTQI cause. The other two are Khamosh! Adaalat Jaari Hai, penned by Vijay Tendulkar, and 30 Days in September. Of these, only Stop Kiss deals directly with the issue of homosexuality, while Khamosh! brings up the subject of women's rights and 30 Days — written by Mahesh Dattani — explores the subject of child sexual abuse, both of which are peripheral topics concerned with the larger theme of the festival.