Social media, because of its very nature, creates new forms of behaviour,” says Zubin Driver. No, the theatre director isn’t giving us a speech on the online world but is, in fact, referring to his new play Status Quo that premiers as part of the Centrestage Festival at the National Centre of Performing Arts (NCPA) today. The play sees actors Heeba Shah and Asif Basra play a modern couple who find it very tough to connect with each other in real life because they are so busy leading an online life. “It’s the whole collision of online culture with offline world,” says Driver.

Heeba Shah and Asif Basra play a couple who connect with each other online