{"product_id":"life-of-pi-9781350359703","title":"Life of Pi","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2022 Olivier Award for Best New Play \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Life of Pi will make you believe in the power of theatre\" (Times). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, there are five survivors stranded on a lifeboat - a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, a Royal Bengal tiger, and a sixteen year-old boy named Pi. Time is against them, nature is harsh, who will survive? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on one of the most extraordinary and best-loved works of fiction - winner of the Man Booker Prize, selling over fifteen million copies worldwide - and featuring breath-taking puppetry and state-of-the-art visuals, \u003ci\u003eLife of Pi\u003c\/i\u003e is a universally acclaimed, smash hit adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdapted by acclaimed playwright Lolita Chakrabarti, this edition was published to coincide with the Broadway premiere in October 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eYann Martel is a Canadian writer. He is the author of a collection of short stories and four novels, most notably Life of Pi, for which he won the 2002 Man Booker Prize. Writing credits include: The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios; Self; Life of Pi; Beatrice and Virgil; The High Mountains of Portugal; and the non-fiction collection 101 Letters to a Prime Minister: The Completed Letters to Stephen Harper. Martel is presently at work on a novel about the Trojan War. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, with the writer Alice Kuipers and their four children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLolita Chakrabarti is an award-winning actress and playwright. Her work on Red Velvet earned the Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright 2012; The Critic's Circle Award for Most Promising Playwright 2013 and an Olivier Award nomination for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre 2012. Writing credits include: Red Velvet (Tricycle Theatre\/St Ann's Warehouse\/ New York\/Garrick Theatre); Invisible Cities (Adaption\/59 Productions\/Ballet Rambert\/Sidi Larbi Cherkhaoui\/Manchester International Festival); The Greatest Wealth (The Old Vic); Last Seen: Joy (Almeida Theatre) and Red Velvet, The Goddess (BBC Radio 4).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50391542071570,"sku":"9781350359703","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_18a50832-b916-4ed0-8acc-53673bc61736.jpg?v=1728963949","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/life-of-pi-9781350359703","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}