New Delhi, May 10 -- Actor-director Jyoti Dogra's penchant for using objects in her productions dates back to 2014 when she worked with a table and chair for a short performance in Japan. "I started working with it, climbing on it. When you stand on a table, you are a different-a changed-person," she says. In her previous award-winning production, Black Hole, she used a sheet in a big way. But it all began with a wooden stool that broke mid-rehearsal. "If that hadn't happened, Black Hole would have been a different play." And now, the table returns in her latest play, Mezok, as well.

Dogra is best known for her solo work like Notes on Chai, Black Hole, and recently, Maas. But this is the first time that she has traded an actor's role for...