One woman, a single sheet and the entire cosmos — these are the characters that you’ll encounter this evening in a solo devised performance called Black Hole. It’s not an easy piece to write about and explain. Firstly, there is no linear narrative. The second scene is actually meant to be the last one and a segment three-fourths into the play is what it could have started with. But more than that, it’s the subject matter that Mumbai-based writer-performer Jyoti Dogra explores that adds an abstract layer to the story, one which dissects the concept of singularity — that of each individual being a self-contained universe different from every other one.

Dogra approaches this idea through a scientific prism in the 90-minute long piece. She connects different theorems to the role that the experience of loss plays as part of the human condition. "The play looks at astrophysics from the point of view of a non-scientific person. And it gradually starts moving towards personal spaces where, while looking at these narratives through a scientific lens, it changes the protagonist’s point of view about the various losses she has faced in her life," the thespian explains.