There is an old saying that the only difference between madness and stand-up comedy is an audience," says Anuvab Pal, comedian and writer who has several translations, web series and more to his credit. He believes, whether it is for stand-up comedy or scripts, as much as the tools of writing remain the same, in the lockdown, the rules have changed.

It is what he will be talking about, in his four-day workshop titled Writing Comedy During a Pandemic. The thought germinated when he was asked to write a show set in the lockdown by a streaming platform. "It made me realign everything, but most importantly, structure," he says.