Only a complete fool would fail to realise the world is rapidly becoming a pretty horrible place.
THE Opera House stage hasn’t been dressed in such wonderful colours in a long time. Multi-hued sari material has been made into a backdrop of curtains, a patchwork of Indian vibrancy.
The magic of Indian Ink returns after a period of international touring with a new work that has the shrewdness of fable combined with the sweetness of a pop song.
The most recent offering from Indian Ink is a stripped-back exploration of story-telling that revels in the enchantments of an art form that is as ancient as humanity and as current as a Facebook profile.
If you are a cup half-full kind of person, the Guru of Chai is just for you.
The wisdom of the Guru Kutisah is good for what ails you.
Indian Ink’s magic formula is triumphantly back on display.
You would be foolish to miss this and take any 10 year-olds and up as well, I’m sure they’d love it too.
Indian Ink Theatre Company doesn’t rest on its laurels.
But this is just a stylistic veneer on a play which provides insights into problems about people – jealousy, fear of the known and unknown and an unnatural belief in God.
Technically, The Dentist’s Chair is an impressive mix of organic theatrical devices such as using Smith’s clarinet as the phone ring, through to precise video imagery to show what’s going on inside a patient’s head.
Certainly none of this would not work without Lewis’s experienced direction, which holds the diverse theatrical elements together so elegantly.
