Cast announced for the Life Of Pi UK tour

Casting has been announced for upcoming UK tour of Life Of Pi.

The play, adapted from the Yann Martel novel of the same name, will visit venues across the country fresh from an acclaimed run in London’s West End.

The tour will open at Sheffield’s Lyceum theatre in August.

Divesh Subaskaran will lead the tour cast in the role of Pi.

He is joined by Antony Antunes 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 as Tiger Head/Voice of Richard Parker/Cook/Father Martin.

Following the sinking of a cargo ship that leaves just five survivors, we are taken to the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean where they are stranded on a single lifeboat.

A sixteen-year-old boy along with a zebra, a hyena, an orangutan and a hungry Bengal tiger are left at the mercy of nature, who is harsh and forgiving.

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The show is adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti with direction by Max Webster, puppet design by Tim Hatley and Finn Caldwell of Gyre and Gimble and Nick Barnes, lighting by Tim Lutkin, composition by Andrew Mackay, sound by Carolyn Downing, video by Andrzej Goulding and original casting by Polly Jerrold.