It has been announced that Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling Olivier Award-winning stage adaption of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel Life of Pi will play an extended run at Chichester Festival Theatre from 16 November – 2 December.

Beginning its first-ever tour of the UK and Ireland at the Sheffield’s Lyceum Theatre this August, and starring an extraordinary life-size puppeteered Bengal Tiger, Divesh Subaskaran is confirmed to make his professional debut in the central role of Pi.

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.

The production is directed by Max Webster, with set and costume designer by Tim Hatley, puppet design by Nick Barnes and Finn Caldwell, puppet and movement direction by Finn Caldwell, video design by Andrzej Goulding, lighting by Tim Lutkin, sound by Carolyn Downing, composition by Andrew T Mackay, and casting by Polly Jerrold.

Tickets go on sale to Friends today (27 July), with general booking opening on 16 September with CFT’s full Winter Season (to be announced in early September).

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