The masks and the puppetry really work best in a live context, so we hope people will come out to the theatre and enjoy it with us.
It is captivating and enthralling, capturing the intricacies of a story that spans decades.
Rajan believes, unlike television, theatre encourages the audience to use their imaginations.
Jacob Rajan was the first Indian graduate from Toi Whakaari, New Zealand’s drama school.
In typical Indian Ink style, Rajan will be accompanied on stage by a crafted life-size vulture, created and puppeteered by Jon Coddington.
The scene is immediately set with sights of Bengaluru (Bangalore) Train Station
This performance of Guru of Chai – the first act in this year’s Hamilton Arts Festival
Indian Ink’s famed production of Guru of Chai has returned to Wellington’s re-energised Hannah Playhouse, fourteen years after its world premiere.
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!”
It’s hard to find things to critique in a show so good, it almost feels like reaching.
Jacob Rajan is a rare talent, an absolute veteran of the stage.
It is a reminder of the power of theatre to connect, inspire and transform. It is a performance that lingers in your heart and mind long after the standing ovation.
