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

Krishnan’s Dairy: Here’s to a national treasure and one of our greatest shows

OPINION: One of the greatest New Zealand shows of all-time, take a bow.

Balloons are being thrown around a room with fairy lights on in the background

Theatre review: Krishnan’s Dairy and Mrs Krishnan’s Party

How many theatre companies in New Zealand can boast about the fact their debut show was so successful, that it’s still touring the country 25 years later?

Collage of actor Jacob Rajan as characters Gobi holding flowers, Shan Jahan and Mumtaz

The remarkable legacy of Krishnan’s Dairy

One of the most successful plays in New Zealand history is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. Sam Brooks explores the show’s enduring appeal.

Actor Jacob Rajan as Zina with a half face mask looking over a toy baby in a cradle

Behind the Dairy Featurette

Actor Jacob Rajan reaches for the sky with an expression of joy on his face. The background is black with colorful large light spots that are blue, orange, and red. Jacob is in a velvety red blouse with a green undershirt.

Eyes On Wellington: Paradise Or The Impermanence Of Ice Cream Review

Paradise Or The Impermanence Of Ice Cream Review

Puppeteer Jon Coddington with Gerry the Vulture puppet facing Actor Jacob Rajan in a pink shirt

Puppetry – Behind The Bird With Jon Coddington

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.

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.

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.

Welcome to the Murder House cast are signing and 'drinking' in joy

Indian Ink has done it again

Welcome to the Murder House is dark, deadly, a little bit sexy, and something you definitely should read the press release for before you see because it does not pull any punches.

Actor Jacque Drew singing with actors surrounding her.

The Shocking New Play about the Inventor of the Electric Chair

For the Indian Ink Theatre Company’s new play Welcome to the Murder House, it’s all in the execution.

Indian Ink Writes New Chapter In Much-Loved Story

Mrs Krishnan’s Party is set in the back room of the dairy where Zina is celebrating the harvest festival, Onam. We’re the invited guests and, if we’re lucky, Mrs Krishnan might even feed us.

Actor wearing a nose mask and dressed as a bell boy looks concerned as anothe actor dressed as a bell boy holds a mop and listens to the heart of the first actor

Theatre Company Nurtures and Preserves Next Generation

Vanessa Kumar was too young to see Krishnan’s Dairy in 1997 when it debuted at Bats Theatre; she was just 7, and the theatre company behind it, Indian Ink, newer than she was.

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