This solo act by Ipshita Chakraborty Singh is set in 500 CE Babylon, the commercial centre of the ancient world. Mathemagician, is a compelling study in contrasts and focuses on the inescapable humanity of a subject which might otherwise be an epic story. Never quite impotent, but never entirely puissant, Nikor is forced to chart a careful course, even as he deals with issues of isolation, lost love, helplessness and compromise.