What if everyone around you started turning into rhinoceroses — and no one seemed to mind? Set in a small town spiraling into chaos, Rhinoceros mixes laugh-out-loud moments with eerie insight.

Eugène Ionesco was a Romanian-French playwright and one of the leading voices of the Theatre of the Absurd — a bold post-World War II movement that broke away from traditional storytelling. Instead of neat plots and clear morals, these plays embraced the irrational, the bizarre, and the funny-yet-uncomfortable truths of modern life. Ionesco’s work is known for turning everyday situations upside down to reveal the absurdity of social norms, political systems, and human behavior.

In Rhinoceros, he asks a darkly comic question: what if giving up your individuality meant becoming... a rhinoceros? Welcome to French absurdism — with a universal sting!

Three Reasons To Watch ‘The Rhionceros’:

Absurdly Relevant - A hilarious yet chilling tale of “everyone’s doing it”? Watch society go wild, one rhinoceros at a time!

Real Drama, Real Age - Seasoned corporate professionals bring grit, wit, and mid-life madness to Ionesco’s wild world. This isn’t student theatre — it’s survival theatre!

A Whiff of French, a Room of Fun - A taste of French theatre with chaos and comedy that’s totally universal!

Cast:

Aditi Kumar

Deepika Maurya

Ishita Srivastava

Jaspreet Kaur

Meenakshi Razdan

Monuca Arora

Neha Jain

Priyanka Arora

Radha Bhat

Shiv Chandra

Theres Thomas

CAST ALUMNI

ARUN NAIR
TRIPARNA GHOSH (DANCE)

Mime: Suvendu Mukhopadhyay

Masks: Mohd. Shameem

Director: Tulika Shankar

Creative Mentor: Tathagata Chowdhury

A Theatrecian Production

Presented by: Theatrecian

In association with: Go To Scale