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1 January 1970

Exposed Magazine

Based on one of the best-loved works of fiction – winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over fifteen million copies worldwide – Life of Pi is a breath-taking new theatrical adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope.

Beginning its first-ever tour of the UK and Ireland at Sheffield’s Lyceum theatre this August, where it runs from 29 August to 16 September 2023, Simon Friend Entertainment recently announced that Divesh Subaskaran will make his professional debut in the central role of Pi.

After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a single lifeboat – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a sixteen year-old boy and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive?

Life of Pi, which concluded its West End run on 15 January 2023, first opened to critical acclaim at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield in 2019. International commitments for the show include its North American Premiere at the American Repertory Theater at Harvard University, followed by its Broadway premiere at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.

A European tour will follow the tour of the UK and Ireland and there are plans underway for a tour of Australia and Asia.

‘BREATH-TAKING. IT WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF THEATRE. ROAR IT OUT: THIS IS A HIT’ 

The Times

Opening to celebratory reviews on Broadway in March, Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling Olivier Award-winning stage adaptation of Life of Pi, starring an extraordinary life-size puppeteered Bengal Tiger, was celebrated at the Tony Awards, winning three of its five nominated categories: Best Scenic Design of a Play (Tim Hatley & Andrzej Goulding) and Best Lighting Design of a Play (Tim Lutkin) and Best Sound Design of a Play (Carolyn Downing).

The piece was also nominated to Best Direction (Max Webster) and Best Costume Design (Tim Hatley, Nick Barnes & Finn Caldwell).

Producer, Simon Friend says of  the accolades: “It is wonderful that the Broadway community has honoured Life of Pi as they have done. It has been an enormous privilege to take this show on the very long journey since we opened at the Crucible, and we’re particularly excited to bring it to audiences around the UK over the coming year.”

More information at: http://www.lifeofpionstage.com