The Candlestickmaker - Indian Ink Theatre Company
Written By
Jacob Rajan & Justin Lewis
Starring
Jacob Rajan & Kate Parker

The
Candlestickmaker

Discover black holes and the formula for happiness in a tribute to one of the greatest astrophysicists of this century, Subramanyan Chandrasekhar.

The Candlestickmaker tells the story of a young New Zealand Indian student who, Lonely Planet in hand, sets off to discover India and ends up discovering the mysteries of the universe. Science rarely comes wrapped up this warm and funny.

The Candlestickmaker debuted at the New Zealand Festival 2000 in the extraordinary situation of selling out 3 months before opening, the first theatre production to do so.

Commissioned by the New Zealand International Arts Festival.

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Rich in strong flavours, subtle nuances, whimsical aromas and pungent surprises

National Business Review

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an evening of enchantment

The Evening Post, Wellington

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charming Rajan had proved again his winning formula

NZ Listener

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Our Cast
And Crew

A blonde woman with a stripy top smiles at the camera, with ferns in the background.
Kate Parker
Performer
Cathy Knowsley smiles at the camera. She wears a black T-shirt and a pounamu necklace.
Cathy Knowsley
Lighting Design
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Craig Lee
Composer

ARTICLES
& REVIEWS

Actor Kate Parker stands leaning over while holding a duck puppet. Actor Jacob Rajan kneels while patting the duck and holding a book.

Candlestick: Enchantment

Humour, charm and simplicity underpin the the tale that is spun in The Candlestickmaker.

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Actor sits kneeling in the foreground while singing. Jacob Rajan sits in the background playing an instrument with another actor next to him playing a gutair.

Candlestick: Homegrown Plays Delve Into Past And Future

The Candlestickmaker is the transliterated nickname fellow physicists in the US gave to Subramanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995) – most famous for imagining and calculating the probability of black holes.

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Actor Kate Parker stands leaning over while holding a duck puppet. Actor Jacob Rajan kneels while patting the duck and holding a book.

Rajan Had Proved Again His Winning Formula – Listener

Out of the dairy, into the cosmos. White dwarfs, black holes and the LONELY PLANET are the inspiration for the latest collaboration from the team that gave us Krishnan’s Dairy.

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