The Hall for Cornwall has revealed that an award-winning production of a famous book will come to Truro next year.

Life of Pi, starring a life-size-puppet Bengal Tiger, will come to the Cornwall Playhouse next May.

The stage adaption, based on the best-selling book by Yann Martel, has recently won three of its five nominated categories at this year’s Tony Awards.

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Life of Pi made its Broadway premiere at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre where it was opened on March 9, 2023. It will now bring its first-ever tour of the UK and Ireland, including Cornwall in May 2024 between Tuesday, May 28, and June 1.

Falmouth Packet: Time is against them, and nature is harsh, but who will survive? Time is against them, and nature is harsh, but who will survive? (Image: MurphyMade)

Based on one of the best-loved works of fiction – winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over 15 million copies worldwide – Life of Pi is a new theatrical adaptation of a journey of endurance and hope.

After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a single lifeboat – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a 16-year-old boy and a 450-pound Royal Bengal Tiger. Time is against them, and nature is harsh, but who will survive?  

To find out more information, or to keep an eye out for announcements on tickets, visit: https://hallforcornwall.co.uk/home