Kathmandu, May 7 -- Watching 'Grand Rehearsal', a Nepali adaptation of the internationally acclaimed play 'The Play that Goes Wrong', feels like being caught on a comic loop, where chaos becomes the main plot. Presented by Mandala Theatre, the play's name itself reveals the plot, a story that follows the grand rehearsal of a play.

Directed by Umesh Tamang and co-written with Anup Neupane, it uses comedy to depict small onstage disasters.

There is a different kind of amusement in witnessing a play built entirely on how it can be messed up. In 'Grand Rehearsal', the plot revolves around an amateur theatre group that decides to stage a murder mystery play called 'Bihe ko Tutulko', which translates to 'bumps in a marriage'.

It starts with ...