Archive · 26 Aug 2026
‘Miss Menuka’ Brings Sartre’s Justice Drama to Kathmandu Stage
‘Miss Menuka’ is a play being performed at Shilpee Theatre in Kathmandu.
It is based on a play by Jean-Paul Sartre.
The story is changed to fit Nepali society and politics.
Menuka is a sex worker who sees a crime while riding a bus.
Powerful people try to blame an innocent man for the crime.
Police pressure Menuka to tell a false story.
The play asks what happens when truth and justice are weakened.
Director Pabitra Khadka says theatre can help people ask questions and talk about society.
The play runs from July 29 to August 22.
Shilpee Theatre is staging ‘Miss Menuka,’ a Nepali adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s ‘The Respectful Prostitute.’
The production runs in Kathmandu from July 29 to August 22.
The story follows Menuka, a sex worker who witnesses a crime on a bus.
Powerful figures and police allegedly try to frame an innocent man and pressure Menuka to lie.
Director Pabitra Khadka says the play examines injustice, discrimination, gender inequality, corruption and abuse of power.
- Who
- The production involves director Pabitra Khadka, Shilpee Theatre and characters including Menuka, a sex worker.
- What
- ‘Miss Menuka’ is a Nepali adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s ‘The Respectful Prostitute.’
- When
- The show runs from July 29 to August 22.
- Where
- Shilpee Theatre in Kathmandu, Nepal.
- Why
- The production explores social injustice, discrimination, gender inequality, political corruption, abuse of power and the collapse of truth and justice.
- Production
- ‘Miss Menuka’
- Original play
- Jean-Paul Sartre’s ‘The Respectful Prostitute’
- Venue
- Shilpee Theatre
- Location
- Kathmandu, Nepal
- Run
- July 29 to August 22
- Director
- Pabitra Khadka
- Central conflict
- Powerful figures attempt to protect the real culprit by framing an innocent man.