New Delhi: The Wire is excited to announce a fundraiser and a night of theatre in Delhi on October 26: a special run of Sandhya Gokhale’s ‘Silhouettes’, starring Divya Seth, Niiya Kumar, Sarah Hashmi and Karan Parab, with a special appearance from Amol Palekar. The play will be performed at Kamani auditorium at 7 pm.Come support independent journalism and become a part of an iconic night in The Wire‘s history, as Gokhale has graciously pledged the proceedings from the October 26 show to The Wire.Venue: Kamani Auditorium, 1, Copernicus Marg, Opposite Doordarshan Bhawan, Mandi House, New DelhiDate: October 26, 2026Time: 7 pmDuration: 90 minutesLanguage: EnglishBook your tickets now!More about the play‘Silhouettes’ are outlines cast against light – visible, yet unfinished. A silhouette both hides and reveals; it marks existence yet withholds detail. This play, in English, offers a story of eclipsed women striving to breathe on their own. It becomes a metaphor for women whose identities are framed by others, until resistance begins to redraw the figure in their own terms.Its a depiction of women we see all around – suppressed, footnoted, erased. Their experiences cut across centuries, and even in our contemporary times, this realisation remains suffocating. But Silhouettes is not merely about victimhood; it is about the often-unnoticed ways in which women negotiate, subvert and resist these constraints.The play weaves together two female figures – Greta, accused of art theft, and Maya, a respected professor of literature, caught in the gaze of Aakash, a young male documentary maker. The third woman, Deep, carries a restless defiance that belongs to Gen Z. Their encounters expose the hidden currents flowing beneath the bruises left by patriarchy.Rather than offering neat answers, the play poses unsettling questions – what does it mean for women to claim their own voice when even recognition is relational and comes framed by others?Written by Sandhya Gokhale, whose eight acclaimed screenplays for feature films such as Anaahat, Paheli and Quest have consistently foregrounded strong female characters. This play marks her return to theatre after the celebrated play ‘Kusur’, directed and performed by Amol Palekar. It carries forward her legacy of crafting narratives where women’s voices and choices remain central.