Inside a Delhi studio where two storytellers have spent the past decade building a creative utopia for performers in a system that rarely supports them.

Performance in India has never stayed on a stage. It spills out of temples and wedding processions, classical dance recitals and ritual theatre into everyday life. Bollywood, headquartered in Mumbai, industrialised the spectacle, but lately many people from the industry have stepped outside the film set in search of something more immediate.