Lines of Exile
Lines of Exile is a new 70-minute drama and its world premier is February 4th, 2026 at The Civic Theatre in Tallaght. Set in 1950 Lahore, Pakistan, during the final transfers of psychiatric patients following the Partition of India, the story follows a man with schizophrenia who struggles to comprehend why he is being uprooted and sent to a new facility in Amritsar — and why the country itself has been divided. His psychiatrist, an Irish doctor, tries to guide him through the confusion, even as he recognises echoes of his own homeland’s partition. Lines of Exile uses the intimacy of small-scale performance to humanise history, creating space for dialogue about mental health, and finding meaning and connection in the aftermath of division.