The human condition is a complicated experience. Despair can follow elation with moments of calm in between. Love can turn into loss, which can turn into love again. Friends become foes, even as unlikely people start to seem like family with time. The point is that our lives are not black and white. We exist in shades of grey. That’s the central premise of a play that will be staged virtually this week. It’s called The Light Catcher, and follows the experiences of a photographer as she starts unravelling the complexities which make her subjects a part of that roller coaster ride we define as the human condition.

It’s a solo play that stars Ritika Shrotri, and which Sanket Parkhe has directed. Niranjan Pedanekar wrote it, and he tells us, “The photographer goes in search of beauty across the world and takes pictures under different circumstances in different places, which gives her an understanding of her subjects. But that understanding is often not what the reality is, and her story ties in with that journey she’s undertaken.”