Life of Pi

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

Based on one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction – winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over fifteen million copies worldwide – and featuring breath-taking puppetry and state-of-the-art visuals, Life of Pi is a universally acclaimed, smash hit adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope.

Long after the curtain falls, “Life of Pi will make you believe in the power of theatre” (The Times).

What would you do if you were stranded? That’s what Pi has to do, looking after himself and a group of animals, namely a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Surviving a shipwreck that killed his parents, he has to learn how to bond with animals like they’re human in order to get to shore. Pi spends months at sea in an epic voyage across the ocean, learning the meaning of life once more.

Yann Martel’s award-winning novel finally comes to the West End stage, as even more audiences get to learn the Life of Pi.

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What to watch for

Life of Pi was first seen at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield in 2019.

Hiran Abeysekera reprises his performance as Pi.

The Life of Pi film adaptation won four Academy Awards.

Lolita Chakrabarti adapted Life of Pi, previously writing Red Velvet.