Jacob Rajan and Justin Lewis formed Indian Ink Theatre Company in 1996.

Indian Ink is one of New Zealand’s most successful theatre companies with a reputation for “total theatre which offers humanity and psychological insight in a package of good plain laughs, luminous performances and brilliant staging” (Dominion Post, NZ). Beginning with its first play, Krishnan's Dairy, followed by The Candlestickmaker and The Pickle King, Indian Ink has won three Production of the Year Awards and two Edinburgh Fringe First Awards. The three plays have broken box-office records on the way to a total audience of more that 170,000 people.

Seasons throughout New Zealand have regularly sold out. Indian Ink’s international touring schedule has taken in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Singapore, the U.K. and Germany.

We began with the idea of the ‘serious laugh’ – to open people’s mouths with laughter in order to slip something serious in. This has combined with a love masks and the theatrical magic they inspire to remain a core thread throughout the work. Indian Ink marinates Western theatrical traditions in Indian flavours but above all seeks to tell good stories that touch people of all cultures.

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