Mustaq arrived in Aotearoa in March 2014 and in that year was in a reading of Ahi Karunaharan's Tea, conducted under the guidance of the Auckland Theatre Company.

In 2015, Mustaq was in the Summer Shakespeare season of A Midsummer Night's Dream, directed by Michael Hurst. Following that he acted in The Mourning After, the first Sri Lankan play in New Zealand, written by Ahi Karunaharan and directed by Padma Akula. He was also in The Lesson, an absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco, directed by Matt Baker.

In March 2016 and 2017 he was in the Summer Shakespeare production of The Tempest at The Pop-Up Globe and As You Like It, directed by Benjamin Henson.

His first performance in 2018 was in Tea, which was part of the Auckland Arts Festival. Other shows in 2018; Dara by Prayas, First World Problems by Agaram, and a Cantonese version of Ionesco’s The Chairs.

In 2019 Mustaq’s involvement in theatre included  Kollywood Extra and A Fine Balance, a co production between Auckland Theatre Company and Prayas Theatre.

Location: Auckland, New Zealand