Indian Ink tickets

Too long. Jokes not relevant to age of audience.

Clash of 2 cultures with a touch of mystery.

See it if you love a time-travelling Tom Stoppard play as we move backwards and forwards between 1930's India and a nearer present, connecting the same family and descendants of some of the characters. There's culture clash, confusion, bafflement and full frontal nudity! But also ideas, ideas and more ideas as characters explore art, culture, meaning and interpretation. What does it mean to be a lauded poet in a different culture, and who decides what a portrait represents? I love how the set design reflects the artistic symbolism discussed during the play and that Stoppard withholds information - we're left to imagine what really happened. Set in two beautifully designed garden sets, a sister reads her dead sister's letters with her biographer and we see the events of the letters acted out on the other half of the stage. Stoppard shows us how twisty real people and history can be - we're not told everything, left to infer, imply or be baffled. See it too for the footnotes! Don't see it - I guess this play is like Marmite. You're going to love or hate it - I found it enthralling, with vivid characters and a lot of complexity.