A man. A woman. A vul­ture, and a kulfi shop.

Indi­an Ink is back with anoth­er one of their fant­ast­ic pro­duc­tions. Lead act­or Jac­ob Rajan deliv­ers a glor­i­ous per­form­ance where he jumps between sev­en well-formed char­ac­ters to tell the story of a man trapped in limbo and his dreams of his past.

Indi­an Ink knows what they do well and with­in this show it is done to their best. The pup­petry is gor­geous (per­formed beau­ti­fully by Jon Cod­ding­ton) – though I do won­der how many feath­ers the vul­ture will shed by the time the show is done – and the world well-estab­lished. It’s a funny, though often very heart­felt look into one man’s past as he won­ders wheth­er he’ll be per­mit­ted to pass on from limbo.

Ice cream, van­ish­ing vul­tures and Bol­ly­wood disco – they all com­bine to cre­ate a col­our­ful piece with a ser­i­ous heart. I really enjoyed it.

Para­dise (or the Imper­man­ence of Ice Cream) is on at Te Aua­ha in Wel­ling­ton until the 5th of June. It will then tour NZ. Book tick­ets here!