Twenty years ago, Jacob Rajan became the first Indian actor to graduate from Toi Whakaari—NZ School of Drama and went on to take his passion for theatre to the next level.
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.
His seventh production is about to open, but Jacob Rajan wasn’t even supposed to have a drama career.