Jacob Rajan weaves a spell over the audience with his masterful storytelling, impeccable comic timing and charismatic performance in the funny and moving production, The Guru of Chai.
From New Zealand company Indian Ink comes The Guru of Chai, a one-man show that adapts a classic Indian fairytale to the mad bustle of modernity.
Guru of Chai is a taste of the real magic of theatre, a wonderful performer telling a story which makes you laugh, shows you magic, and touches your heart.
The show is beguiling and very funny until, at the end, a touch of darkness creeps in, as in all great fairytales.
Heart warming cuppa that’s satisfying and smooth
The story begins at the Bangalore City railway station. We meet Kutisa at a street stall selling chai …
Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis’s Guru of Chai is based, very loosely, on the Indian fairytale, Punchkin.
When Jacob Rajan wanted to take his acclaimed play, Krishnan’s Dairy, to South Island audiences in the late 1990s, one theatre owner dismissed him outright.
It is now nearly 20 years since Jacob Rajan’s Krishnan’s Dairy first saw the light of day.
His seventh production is about to open, but Jacob Rajan wasn’t even supposed to have a drama career.
#SeriousLaughter is their Twitter moniker and sure enough Indian Ink’s latest joyful production with soulful intent has themes of mythology …
One good reason to appreciate Indian Ink is that they are an established theatre company that take genuine risks in their work while cohesively maintaining a focus towards the longevity of their art.
