Past production · US tour

Life of Pi

Adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti from the novel by Yann Martel · Original direction by Max Webster · Puppetry and movement direction by Finn Caldwell

The stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel. After a shipwreck, sixteen-year-old Pi shares a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger, and a tribunal later has to decide which of his two accounts of the voyage to believe. The play won five 2022 Olivier Awards in London and three 2023 Tony Awards on Broadway for its design, and Taha Mandviwala played Pi in this first US tour.

Tour

US tour
Opened December 10, 2024, in Baltimore
Closed October 26, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale

Touring cast

Taha Mandviwala (Pi) · Jessica Angleskhan (Amma) · Alan Ariano (Mr. Okamoto) · Emmanuel Elpenord (Cook and the voice of Richard Parker) · Rishi Jaiswal (Mamaji) · Sinclair Mitchell (Admiral Jackson) · Mi Kang (Lulu Chen) · Sorab Wadia (Father)

Creative team

Set and costume design Tim Hatley · Lighting design Tim Lutkin and Tim Deiling · Sound design Carolyn Downing · Video and animation design Andrzej Goulding · Puppet design Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell · Original music Andrew T. Mackay

Our role

Investor

Recoupment

Recouped