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: Pratibimb
Name of the college : Delhi Technological University
Synopsis of the play:
Set in the small riverside village of Mohagaon, Jaal explores the clash between tradition, livelihood, and industrial greed as a mining company, JOMCO, builds a dam threatening the villagers’ way of life. Gopal, a young constable returning home, finds himself torn between his duty as a policeman and his loyalty to his people. The villagers resist displacement, leading to the mysterious death of a company engineer. Jharna, a fishergirl and Gopal’s love interest, becomes entangled in the incident. As Gopal searches for truth amid rising tension and mistrust, personal bonds collapse under social and moral conflict. The play then is the tragic exploration of betrayal, violence, and the symbolic drowning of innocence in the river’s “net.”
