About The Event
ACT Season 16
(February 22-28, 2026)
Various Venues in Delhi/NCR
The 16th edition of ACT – Atelier Campus Theatre Festival marks not just another year of performances but a reaffirmation of what theatre truly stands for: community, collaboration, and collective expression. ACT embraces the spirit of celebration—a celebration of voices, dissent, identities, stories, and the transformative power of coming together.
Atelier’s ACT Festival aka "Atelier’s Campus Theatre" Festival is the World’s Largest Campus Theatre fiesta. Started in 2007, this festival has witnessed more than 800 performances in the last 15 seasons.
In Season 16, we aim to achieve a bigger, better and diverse this year, from February 22-28, 2026.
Festival Curator
Kuljeet Singh
Festival Director
Mansi Grover
Festival Manager
Manjot Singh
Festival Advisor
Gaurav Suri
Name of the group: Aaghaaz
Name of the college : Zakir Husain Delhi College(Evening)
Synopsis of the play:
Beti Bechwa" is a famous Bhojpuri play written by Bhikhari Thakur, published in 1925. The play deals with issues of poverty and women`s empowerment. A teenage girl named Upato is sold by her poor parents to a wealthy but elderly man, Jhantull. Upato is unhappy with this ill-fated marriage and questions her father about why he did this. In our adaptation, a character named Chatak dies in a dream, after which he approaches the village priest. The priest advises him to marry his daughter to Jhantull, which he agrees to. When the priest doesn`t receive his share, he tells everyone about him. Ultimately, his wife kills him. The play advocates women`s empowerment and social change.
Trigger warning: The play includes some very sensitive social content, please watch with full social responsibility
