Take out garbage, check. Pay credit card bill, check. Do the laundry, check. Pick up kids after school, check. No, this is not a list of things that many of us end up doing on a daily basis, but an essential part of a critically-acclaimed Canadian play titled The List, which will have its Indian premiere today at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA). The monologue tells the tale of an unnamed woman, who is lost in the boring humdrum of life and resorts to making lists to maintain her sanity. Written by Jennifer Tremblay, the production, which won the 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award in Canada, has been staged in various parts across the world including Toronto, Vancouver, New York and the prestigious EdinburghFringe Festival.

(Above and below) Nikkesha Rangwala plays  the protagonist in The List. She essays the role of a  stay-at-home mother of three who encouraged her husband to move from the city to a small village in rural Quebec and now regrets it