After the first lockdown of 2020 forced theatre professionals to shut operations, cancel physical shows and move to the digital sphere, it took director and founder of Spin-A-Yarn productions Swati Sodhi a while to get comfortable with the new normal. For her, drama and theatre were rooted in physical proximity and intimacy with the audience, so it took considerable effort, like learning how to teach drama through Zoom tutorials and courses, to jump back into her practice. Within a few months, she started directorial work on her latest project, titled The Quarantine Princess, that will now be aired through the virtual medium Zoom this weekend, as part of a fundraiser for charity. “Last June, I began organising workshops with kids. We even tried to do some shows with them, but it wasn’t very successful. Around this time I was approached by the writer of the play, Shivjeet Kullar, with the script, which I loved. The best part about it was that it was an entirely original play, that was written for the Zoom format,” says Sodhi. 

Swati Sodhi