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: Aflatoon
Name of the college : Vivekananda Institute Of Professional Studies - Technical Campus
Synopsis of the play:
Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi follows the quiet, evolving relationship between Partho, a middle-aged writer, and Adil, a 19-year-old student, whose lives intersect across Delhi’s metro lines, shared silences, and intimate domestic spaces. Moving between metro compartments, guest rooms, late-night conversations, Diwali gatherings, and moments of emotional hesitation, the play explores longing, care, guilt, desire, and unspoken affection. Rather than arriving at resolution, the narrative mirrors the city itself—constantly moving, always arriving, yet never fully stopping.
Trigger warning: This content contains discussions regarding sexual assault, rape, and severe physical/psychological harassment (ragging).
