Alisha Jacob
About
Artistic Journey Overview
Alisha Jacob is a Melbourne-based actor and multidisciplinary artist. A Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School graduate, she works across stage, screen, and movement, with a passion for bold storytelling and cross-cultural collaboration.
Highlights include Antigone, physical theatre piece Mimic Another, her solo show Mannequin Talk, short films Blue Lights and Flowers of Eventide, and Radio New Zealand’s Fake Baby. Most recently wrapping on another short by Miryam Jacobi, Hire A Wife, produced by Rathaus Films.
Currently she is working with Indian Ink Theatre Company, one of New Zealand’s most celebrated theatre companies. The show, Balloon Dog, is set to premiere for a development season in November 2025 and a professional season in 2026, marking an exciting new chapter in Alisha's growing career.
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Would you open your door to a stranger?
When a five year old girl befriends a lonely migrant worker her family unravels; opening them up to face uncomfortable truths about themselves… and the world beyond their front gate.
1800s Calcutta becomes 21C Auckland in Indian Ink’s stage adaptation of one of India’s most-loved stories, Kabuliwala. This beautifully tender tale reveals that we’re more alike than we think.
Indian Ink's award-winning creative team bring you all the things people love about Indian Ink: humour, heart, live music and pure theatrical magic.
Be the first to see Balloon Dog in this strictly limited preview season before we tour next year to Whangarei, Hamilton, Tauranga, Auckland and Sydney.