THE SPELLBINDING SHOW PREPARES TO TRANSFORM TO WYNDHAM’S THEATRE

Hiran Abeysekera to lead the company cast, following his acclaimed performance in Sheffield, when Life Of Pi begins on Sunday 28th June

TEASE TRAILER: Youtube Link

Full casting has been announced for Life of Pi, the celebrated Sheffield Theatres production which will transfer to London this summer. Life of Pi – Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling adaptation of Yann Martel’s extraordinary, award-winning book – was awarded a string of five-star reviews when it opened in Sheffield last year.

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?

Hiran Abeysekera, whose performance in the lead role won him universal critical acclaim, will return as Pi.

Life of Pi will transfer to the Wyndham’s Theatre where, for the first time ever, the historic theatre will be transformed to fully accommodate the magnificent elements of the production that left audiences mesmerised. Performances will begin on Sunday 28 June, and the production is directed by Max Webster.

For all information, please see www.lifeofpionstage.com

The full cast includes: Mina Anwar (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Apollo theatre and Sheffield Crucible), Sagar Arya (Casualty), Alex Chang (Golden Shield, Soho Theatre and Yellow Earth Theatre), Fred Davis (Ocean at the end of the Lane, National Theatre), Tom Espiner (Berberian Sound Studio, Donmar Warehouse), Kirsten Foster (Much Ado About Nothing, New English Shakespeare Company and Dubai Opera House), Daisy Franks (The Gruesome Twosome, The Place) and Raj Ghatak (The Kite Runner, Best Actor Winner, UK Tour).

Nuwan Hugh Perera (Side Show, Southwark Playhouse), Romina Hytten (The Lorax, The Old Vic and The Royal Alexander Theatre, Toronto), Sarah Kameela Impey (Much Ado About Nothing, Northern Broadsides), Tom Larkin (Bury the Dead, Finborough Theatre), David K.S. Tse (Chimerica, Almeida & Harold Pinter Theatre), Syreeta Kumar (Equus, English Touring Theatre), Deeivya Meir (Warlords & Tyrants, Rada Festival and Fireraisers), Habib Nasib Nader (Downtown Paradise, Welsh Fargo Theatre Company) and Scarlet Wilderink (Treasure Island, Stephen Joseph Theatre).

LISTINGS 

CREATIVE TEAM

Yann Martel  –  Author
Lolita Chakrabarti  –  Writer
Max Webster  –  Director

Tim Hatley  –  Set & Costume Designer
Finn Caldwell  –  Puppet & Movement Director
Finn Caldwell & Nick Barnes  –  Puppet Designers

Andrzej Goulding  –  Video Designer
Tim Lutkin  –  Lighting Designer
Carolyn Downing  –  Sound Designer

Andrew T Mackay  –  Composer
Polly Jerrold  –  Casting Director

LISTINGS

WYNDHAM’S THEATRE
Charing Cross Road
London WC2H 0DA

TICKETS

Box Office: 0844 482 5151

Ticket prices start from £15.00

BOOKING ONLINE

www.lifeofpionstage.com

SEASON DATES

From Sunday 28 June 2020

Booking through until Sunday 4 October 2020

PERFORMANCE TIMES

Monday 7:45pm

Wednesday – Saturday: 7:45pm

Wednesday, Saturday & Sunday matinees: 3:00pm

Photo Credit: Helen Maybanks