What day is it today? How long will we remain entrapped in an environment where normalcy is stifled to such an extent that our social lives are gasping for breath? When will our perception of the world around us be freed from being caged within four walls? These are the sort of questions that many of us have been grappling with ever since the lockdown started. That’s why a new play slated for this weekend is an apt reflection of this period in human history, since the central plotline blurs the concepts of time, reality and space.

Called Timeloss, it is a take on Iranian playwright Amir Reza Koohestani’s original piece from 2014. Akarsh Khurana of city-based Akvarious Productions has adapted it to suit an Indian context, and he tells us that the story revolves around two actors. These characters had worked on a film 10 years ago, when they had also been involved in a relationship. But that romance soured with time, and the bitter aftertaste it left lingering behind is something that the duo have to confront when — a decade later — they meet again to complete the recording for the as-yet-unfinished movie. By now, they aren’t their younger, exuberant selves anymore. The ravages of time have taken a toll on their mental and physical well-beings. And the two have to negotiate the tricky territory of keeping their resentments at bay while embarking on a professional — if not romantic — journey once again.