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What is worth preserving

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Once the finest hotel in town, the Empire is now as faded as the dreams of the piano player who haunts the lobby. Jojo is a heart surgeon. However, as a recent arrival from India the only work he can find is as a night porter in the Empire. Ammachy runs the Empire with an iron fist and has one big problem; her niece is blind and she will not be married. Sasha knows she must not marry because she is cursed - everything she loves dies.

One night Death checks into the Hotel.

Sublime and ridiculous, simple and profound: Indian Ink bring you a play about love, death and what is worth preserving.

Pickle received a record seven nominations in New Zealand's theatre awards 2002, and won the supreme award, "Production of the Year".

REVIEWS OF "THE PICKLE KING"
"The Pickle King is further evidence of the Auckland company’s extraordinary capacity for turning immense and serious stories into the most affectionate and thought-provoking theatre"
     The Scotsman :: click here for the full review

"... this gentle comedy provides what will probably prove to be
one of this year's highlights"
     The British Theatre Guide :: click here for the full review

Krishnan's is still a remarkable play but this is a great one for it is a piece of total theatre which offers humanity and psychological insight in a package of good plain laughs. Luminous performances and brilliant staging….What more can one say about a show which so beautifully disarms the cynical, revives the weary and - who knows - with one gusty breath of wind raise the dead?
     The Dominion Post :: read the full review ::

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