 In 1962, "Dark Chamber" opened in Durban before playing at the University of the Witwatersrand's Great Hall.Shah was then honored with a theatre company created in his name (the Shah Theatre Academy), while Professor Dennis Schauffer of the University of Durban-Westville would later write a scholarly paper titled "In the Shadow of the Shah" which explained in detail Shah's contribution to South Africa's cultural enlightenment.In 1963, Krishna Shah directed the three act "Sponono", which he'd co-written with South African author and anti-apartheid activist Alan Paton.