Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling Olivier Award winning Life of Pi will play an extended season at Chichester Festival Theatre this autumn, running from 16 November to 2 December 2023.
The acclaimed stage adaption of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel Life of Pi, begins its first ever tour of the UK and Ireland at the Sheffield’s Lyceum theatre on 29 August. See below for full tour dates. The critically acclaimed production played a short run on Broadway this year, adding three Tony Awards to its five Olivier Awards.
He is joined by Antony Antunes, who performs as Tiger Hind / Cook / Father Martin, Adwitha Arumugam as Pi Alternate, Bhawna Bhawsar as Lulu Chen/Mrs Biology Kumar, Ralph Birtwell as Mamaji/ Admiral Balbir Singh, Kriss Dosanjh as Father, Sebastian Goffin as Tiger Head, Akash Heer as Tiger Head, Romina Hytten as Tiger Heart and Hind, Katie Kennedy-Rose as Tiger Heart and Hind, Aizah Khan as Tiger Heart and Hind, Chand Martinez as Pandit-ji, Keshini Misha as Rani,
Goldy Notay as Amma, Sharita Oomeer as Lulu Chen / Mrs Biology Kumar, Kate Rowsell as Tiger Heart and Hind, Lilian Tsang as Mrs Okamoto/Zaida Khan/Ships Captain, Peter Twose and Tiger Head/Voice of Richard Parker/Cook/Father Martin.
Life of Pi has been a huge success in the UK so far. Transferring into the West End from Sheffield Theatres in June 2020, the show won 5 Olivier Awards including Best New Play and played almost 500 performances when it completed its run at the Wyndham’s Theatre. The show also had a short run on Broadway this spring winning three Tony awards.
Life of Pi – UK & Ireland Tour schedule
Sheffield Lyceum
29 August – 16 September 2023
Milton Keynes Theatre
19 – 23 September 2023
Norwich Theatre Royal
25 – 30 September 2023
Woking, New Victoria Theatre
2 – 7 October 2023
Southend Cliffs Pavilion
9 – 14 October 2023
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
17 – 21 October 2023
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
23 – 28 October 2023
Alhambra Theatre, Bradford
6 – 11 November 2023
Chichester Festival Theatre
16 November – 2 December
Lowry, Salford
5 December 2023 – 6 January 2024
Leeds Grand Theatre
9 – 13 January 2024
Bristol Hippodrome
15 – 20 January 2024
Newcastle Theatre Royal
23 January – 3 February 2024
Birmingham Hippodrome
12 – 17 February 2024
Grand Opera House, Belfast
20 – 24 February 2024
Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin
26 February – 2 March 2024
Theatre Royal Plymouth
5 – 9 March 2024
Leicester Curve
12 – 17 March 2024
Bromley, Churchill Theatre
19 – 23 March
Hull New Theatre
25 – 30 March 2024
Northampton Derngate Theatre
2 – 6 April 2024
Coventry Belgrade
8 – 13 April 2024
Nottingham Theatre Royal
15 – 20 April 2024
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
22 – 27 April 2024
Liverpool Empire
29 April – 4 May 2024
Severn Theatre, Shrewsbury
6 – 11 May 2024
Mayflower Theatre, Southampton
14 – 18 May 2024
Truro, Hall for Cornwall
28 May – 01 June 2024
Cheltenham Everyman Theatre
3 – 15 June 2024
Glasgow Theatre Royal
17 – 22 June 2024
Edinburgh Festival Theatre
25 – 29 June 2024
