Dance drama Rajendra Laxmi, which brought to stage the life and time of Nepal’s first queen regent, is slated for staging at the Ranga Shankara Theatre Festival in Bangalore later this week.

Honestly, I could use drama any day, and if it were up to me, I would bring Subha back to the show as the wild card entry (or at least a contender).

Hitwa, a dramatic adaptation of the classic Tharu folktale Hitwako Katha, is currently being staged at Tikapur in Kailali district. Adapted and directed by Sushil Chaudhary, the play is being staged in coordination with the Bardiya-based theatre group Saidan Natya Samuha and the Kathmandu-based Shilpee Theatre.

Boksi Udhyog, a play about the persecution of women on grounds of purported witchcraft, is currently on stage at Kunja Theatre in Thapagaun, Baneshwor. “Who is a witch? And how does one learn witchcraft?” asks the brochure of the play.

Plays revolving around the ten-year long Maoist insurgency keep on coming. Joining the two plays staged this year that brought to stage stories from the insurgency—Chiso Bhanjyang and Khabar Harayeko Chitthi—is Janayuddha Jaari Chha?, currently being staged at Sarwanam Theatre in Kalikasthan.

The Nepali historical drama Kirtipur—The Legend of Kirtilakshmy was screened at a charity show in London’s SOAS University of London on Sept 8.