Upcoming Bristol stage show mega hit wins big at this year’s Tony awards

Upcoming Bristol stage show mega hit wins big at this year’s Tony awards

Posted on: 15 Jun 2023

Life of Pi, which comes to Bristol in January 2024, continued its award-winning success recently with a hattrick of wins at the 2023 Tony Awards.

 

Lolita Chakrabarti’s Life of Pi runs at The Bristol Hippodrome from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 January 2023.

 

Having opened to widespread critical acclaim on Broadway back in March, Chakrabarti’s Olivier award-winning stage adaptation of Life of Pi, featuring an extraordinary life-size Bengal Tiger puppet, is gearing up to embark on a lengthy tour of UK theatre venues.

 

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Monday’s Tony Awards ceremony proved a fruitful occasion for Lolita Chakrabarti and her production of Life of Pi with the stage adaptation winning three of its five nominated categories, namely: Best Scenic Design of a Play, Best Lighting Design of a Play and Best Sound Design of a Play.

 

Based on Yann Martel’s much-loved novel - winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over fifteen million copies worldwide - is an innovative theatrical adaptation of an epic journey of hope, companionship, and human endurance.

 

When a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, five survivors are stranded on a lifeboat. These are sixteen-year-old Pi Patel, a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger. Time and nature are against them, who will survive?

 

In Chakrabarti’s sensational production, the animals are brought to life by Fin Caldwell, the Puppet and Movement Director behind the National Theatre’s hit show War Horse. The piece made Olivier Awards history when all seven of the performers who puppeteer The Tiger collectively won Best Actor in a Supporting Role. 

 

 

Life of Pi will run at Bristol Hippodrome between Monday 15 and Saturday 20 January 2024. Secure your tickets to the show HERE.

 

To find out more about what’s coming up at Bristol Hippodrome, head to the theatre's website.

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Stanley Gray

Stan is a born and bred Bristolian, recently graduated from studying English Literature in Sheffield. His passions are music and literature and he spends the majority of his time in venues all over the city, immersing himself in Bristol’s alternative music scene. A lifelong Bristol City fan, Stan’s Saturdays are spent watching his team both home and away.