It is in the middle of a soundcheck that we catch theatremaker Mohit Takalkar for a conversation. The founder of Aasakta Kalamanch, Takalkar is busy preparing for his next production that goes up on the NCPA stage tomorrow. “It is one of the most exhilarating journeys I have been on,” he reveals. The journey he refers to is the adaptation of Love and Information, a play by one of the United Kingdom’s greatest playwrights, Caryl Churchill.

The mystery of Churchill lies in the fact that the writer has remained a recluse, leaving barely any information for fans of her writing to add context to her work. The director says, “She has not given any stage directions, presets or scenarios about these conversations and where they are happening. So, it is entirely left to the actor and director’s imagination as to how they build it.”