Seconds Before Coming is an intimate, playful, and unflinching solo performance that unravels at the edge of memory and desire. A woman thinks out loud - waiting, wanting, remembering - piecing together the past as she reclaims her present. Moving between sharp humour and deep reflection, the work explores the body as both archive and battleground, questioning what pleasure carries and what it leaves behind. Created and Performed by Rishika Kaushik 

Dramaturg and Outside Eye: Anirudh 'Rudy' Nair 

Sound Design: Rish / sirf paudhon se pyaar & Surbhi / pale blue dotter 

Light Design: Tamilarasi 

Creative Production & Lights Operation: Meghna Singh 

This piece was incubated at The Third Eye, as part of its mentorship programme for Pleasure and Danger edition, which looks at sexuality from the lens of psyche. The Third Eye is a feminist think tank and publishing platform, powered by Nirantar Trust. Produced by Guild of the Goat and Rishika Kaushik.