Whilst performing, master puppeteer Jon Coddington’s is completely in the moment.As he moves his puppet across the stage, his facial expression changes in line with the clicks and hisses of the vulture.
If Indian actors are to make a mark on New Zealand theatre, they need more Indian writers providing Indian roles, a director says.
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.
