[2] The festival aims to provide a platform to performing groups to showcase their productions before a new audience in the Guwahati city and North East region.
[3][2] The inaugural festival began on 23 September 2016, and featured Kalki Koechlin, Saurabh Shukla, Neil Bhoopalam, Rajat Kapoor, Vinay Pathak, Jim Sarbh, Sadiya Siddiqui, Shernaz Patel, Dolly Thakore[4] and Achint Kaur.
[1][5] The maiden festival also featured globally acclaimed play Hamlet - The Clown Prince, directed by Rajat Kapoor and The Vagina Monologues written by Eve Ensler.
[7] The second edition of Guwahati Theatre Festival commenced on 1 November 2017,[8][9] featured Bollywood actors Rajat Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey, and Arundhati Nag.
[15] It also featured a solo show, Foreign Body, by artist Imogen Butler-Cole from London about hope, healing and forgiveness after sexual assault and Stories in a Song, which was directed by Sunil Shanbag.