Kathmandu, Nov. 3 -- Watching the play 'Bhag Bheda Bhag', currently being staged at Mandala Theatre in Thapagaun, Kathmandu, can be a disorienting experience. For a moment, it becomes difficult to tell humans from sheep. Some people seem to have taken on the characteristics of sheep, while the sheep behave remarkably like humans. The tension between the two, as each mirrors the other's behaviour, gives the play much of its appeal.

Sensitive to serious issues yet unafraid of biting satire, the 90-minute play directed by Samyog Guragain manages to convey several ideas at once. Told through an absurdist lens, it explores the uneasy coexistence of humans and animals while taking sharp aim at the tendencies of Nepali politics. Within the floc...