Life of Pi is an the epic tale of adventure. This Tony Award® and Olivier Award-winning hit is “an exhilarating evening of theater” (The Wall Street Journal) and “gives new life to Broadway” (The Today Show). After a shipwreck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi survives on a lifeboat with four companions— a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Royal Bengal tiger. A truly remarkable story unfolds of hope, faith, and perseverance that speaks to every generation. Told through incomparable puppetry and exquisite stagecraft, Life of Pi creates a visually breathtaking journey that will leave you filled with awe and joy.
Life of Pi’ is full of philosophical pondering and spiritual exploration in the face of great odds. Mandviwala pointed out the importance of the meaning behind this line from the play. ‘I think for me it has been a reflection on, what does it mean to live with conviction at a time where it’s very easy to become jaded and it’s very easy to become complacent with the state of affairs in our own life,’ Mandviwala said. ‘It’s a really poignant reminder about what the power of story represents in our own life, and the responsibility that I get to have as a storyteller to the people getting to see the show.'
The production, currently appearing at Proctors is at once interesting and terrifying, beautiful and spartan. Andrzej Goulding's video and animation design combined with Tim Lutkin and Tim Deiling's lighting and Carolyn Caldwell's sound designs create enticing spaces in which the play takes place. From the zoo and the Indian marketplace to the storm tossed time onboard ship to the open spaces of the sea you will be literally swept away with the rain, the tides and the terror of Pi's life in the boat he calls home.
| 2021 | West End |
Original West End Production West End |
| 2023 | Broadway |
Original Broadway Production Broadway |
| 2024 | US Tour |
North American Tour US Tour |
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