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Touring
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Guru of Chai

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Touring
Internationally

Mrs Krishnan’s Party

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About Indian Ink

We aim to make theatre that is beautiful, funny, sad and true. We go to the theatre to be transported by a great story and to enjoy characters who live large in our imaginations. We want the experience to leave an indelible imprint on your hearts.

That’s why we’re called Indian Ink!

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Actor Jacob Rajan as Kutisar, played by Jacob Rajan, makes a shadow puppet of a parrot with his hands in a dark room.

Guru Of Chai Simmers With Toothsome Tastes Of India

Indian Ink’s famed production of Guru of Chai has returned to Wellington’s re-energised Hannah Playhouse, fourteen years after its world premiere.

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Actor Jacob Rajan stands in a dance pose on a raised set with a tea trolley next to him

Review: Guru of Chai

At the beginning of Guru of Chai, a storyteller chai-wallah (tea-seller) promises the audience that “your problems will be gone; tonight, your loneliness, your emptiness—all gone!”

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Actor Jacob Rajan stands looking into a lamp

Guru of Chai Review

It’s hard to find things to critique in a show so good, it almost feels like reaching.

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