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Jane sits at her desk with her computers in her living room

Behind The Mask: Our Lighting Designer

In our blog series about our creative teams, lighting designer, Jane Hakaraia, talks about illuminating Ink’s plays, colour psychology and how tinsel makes fire.

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Justin Lewis writing notes on postit notes and attaching this to a large white piece of paper on the wall.

Writing – Bringing Ideas To The Page

In this instalment of the series to steal all of Indian Ink’s ideas and start a rival, more successful theatre company, I zoomed Justin to get his thoughts on the writing process.

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Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis stand in front of the water on a boardwalk

Research – The Heart Of Playwriting

With Indian Ink’s new play flying in from the horizon I sat down face to face (well, face to laptop to laptop to face) with Jacob Rajan as he discussed the inspiration and background for Paradise or the Impermanence of Ice Cream.

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Actor Jacob Rajan and Gerry the vulture stand in front of the Mumbai skyline from the rooftop above Mehra’s kulfi shop. This photo is from the rehearsal space before the show.

Set Design – Making Space For Magic

How does a theatre company go about making the sets for their shows? And how the heck do they transport them all across the world? I tracked down Indian Ink’s very own set designer John Verryt for some answers.

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Actor Jacob Rajan sits as Emperor Shah Jahan wearing a blue half face mask in front of colourful background

Character – Where Imagination Comes To Life

I thought that I was meeting Kutisar for an interview, but it turned out that it was actually Shah Jahan, pretending to be Gobi, dressed up as Jake.

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Andrew Potvin as a young toddler in front of a wall of alcohol. Andrew sits on a bar stool with chips on the table in front of him

Inside The Booth – With Andrew Potvin

Andrew is Indian Ink’s lighting guy, tour guy, sound guy and all-around tech-extraordinaire. Fortunately for me, he took some time out of his busy schedule to sit down and have a chat!

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Murray and Elizabeth sit at an event chatting and laughing while holding drinks and food

Dramaturgy – The Extra ‘Brains’ Behind The Operation

We sit down with Murray to quiz him as to what he does for Indian Ink.

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Mt Roskill teacher Emma Gillies and students stand for a selfie in their drama room

Chatting About Paradise – Students Share Their Stories

We chat with some students about Paradise.

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Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis sit in front of a yellow wall laughing

The Serious Laugh

Co-founder, writer and actor Jacob Rajan on Indian Ink’s resident oxymoron.

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Actor Kalyani smiles past the camera in a black shirt and sunglasses. Behind him is a yellow wall.

Catching up with Kalyani Nagarajan

Mrs Krishnan’s actress on the show’s whirlwind North American tour.

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Actor Justin Rogers smiles past the camera in a blue shirt and sunglasses. Behind him is a yellow wall.

DJ Jimmy J and the Party in America

With the show in full swing, we took a moment to catch up with our Mrs Krishnan’s Party actor, Justin Rogers.

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Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis sit in front of a yellow wall laughing

Onam with Justin & Jacob

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