We worked with local research artists Zain Raza, Wajeehah Sabahat, Adeel Salman and Bushra Azeem and interviewed people on the streets, in thier homes and in the market. We interviewed children, adults, men and women. Our primary inquiry was about people's scars, gently using these stories as a way to subtly reference the scar that is the partition between Pakistan and India.

Conception and social co-ordination by Darren O'Donnell
Visual co-ordination by Rebecca Picherack
Produced by Natalie De Vito
Video Direction, Translation and Facilitation by Faisal Anwar
Projections by Stephanie Comilang Please take a look at our blog Mammals in a State of Emergency

Diplomatic Immunities is the interaction between a company of research artists and the inhabitants of the city. Diplomatic Immunities takes the body of the city, throws it on stage, cuts it open and holds the contents up to the light. Not theatre, not a talk show, not a film or a news report - but all of them at once.

We scour the city for meaningful encounters, chat things up, knock on doors, check out the decor, eat some food, take some pictures and make new friends, then return to the theatre to debrief.

As an experience with theatrical elements, it is highly recommended for anyone mildly interested in the survival of humanity, spirituality and the environment. O'Donnell's heady yet human showmanship, along with his curiosity about social geography and discourse, demands hard answers from the audience about the nature of good and evil. But it's worth it.
- Ibi Kaslik NOW MAGAZINE

By the end of the evening, there was a palpable sense of community in the room. The "social acupuncture" that O'Donnell claims his kind of theatre creates had achieved its desired result. You left the theatre thinking and feeling differently than when you went in and - tell the truth - how often does that happen?
- Richard Ouzounian THE TORONTO STAR