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Photo: Darren O'Donnell |
Q&A in Pakistan Darren O'Donnell travelled to Pakistan to share Q&A, his social acupuncture event, with young theatre artists in Lahore. They all then travelled to attend Punjab Lok Boli Mela, a celebration of the rich and diverse language and culture of the Punjab and perform Q&A. It was an interesting and confusing experience. As a test, they invited Darren to do the project during the school program, which was the worst place to do it. Schools tend to be very repressive environments, not particularly conducive to free expression. This proves to be so in both Pakistan and Canada. After 15 mintues Q&A was shut down and subsequent requests to do it were met with constant deferral: "tomorrow." Finally, a group of followers of the techiques of Augusto Boal from the Chanan Development Association took pity on Darren and help facilitate an underground version of Q&A. Read Darren's blog. Read more and see photos of the previous Punjab Lok Boli Mela Read more about Q&A |