Lolita Chakrabarti named in top 10 Independent Creatives in The Stage 100 2023
In the first ‘traditional’ version of The Stage 100 since pre covid, playwright and actress Lolita Chakrabarti has been named in the top 10 Independent Creatives 2023. The coveted list returns in a slightly altered format, with the top 20 numbered, but the remaining 80 grouped in their field, including actors, regional theatres and rising stars, to name a few. Lolita, who received an OBE … Continue reading Lolita Chakrabarti named in top 10 Independent Creatives in The Stage 100 2023
Life Of Pi announce UK and Ireland Tour 2023-24
Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling Olivier Award-winning stage adaption of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel Life of Pi, which is currently running at Wyndham’s Theatre in the West End and stars an extraordinary life-size puppeteered Bengal Tiger, begins its first-ever tour of the UK and Ireland at the Sheffield’s Lyceum theatre in August 2023, where it will run from 29 August to 16 September 2023. The critically acclaimed production also begins previews … Continue reading Life Of Pi announce UK and Ireland Tour 2023-24
Lolita Chakrabarti to adapt best selling novel Hamnet for RSC
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) and Neal Street Productions, in association with Hera Pictures, announce the world-premiere stage production of Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti. The production will open in the newly refurbished Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon from Saturday 1 April 2023. The story pulls back a curtain on the imagined life of William Shakespeare and the woman and family who influenced his work. The production will run for an eleven-week … Continue reading Lolita Chakrabarti to adapt best selling novel Hamnet for RSC
‘Life of Pi’ to open on Broadway in March 2023
Lolita Chakrabarti’s stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s best-selling novel Life of Pi will premiere at Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre with performances beginning Thursday, March 9, 2023, ahead of an official opening on Thursday, March 30, 2023. The Broadway staging is produced by Simon Friend, Daryl Roth, Hal Luftig, Mark Gordon and Playing Field. Prior to Broadway, Life of Pi will make its North American Premiere at the American Repertory Theater … Continue reading ‘Life of Pi’ to open on Broadway in March 2023
The Old Vic announces the highly anticipated World Premiere of new musical Sylvia, starring Beverley Knight and featuring Lolita Chakrabarti as dramaturg
Today, The Old Vic and ZooNation: The Kate Prince Company, in association with Sadler’s Wells, announce the highly anticipated world premiere of the hip hop musical Sylvia, directed and choreographed by Kate Prince and starring Beverley Knight as Emmeline Pankhurst, following its first appearance at The Old Vic in 2018 as a work-in- progress. In a limited run, the production will play from 27 January to 01 April 2023, with a press performance on … Continue reading The Old Vic announces the highly anticipated World Premiere of new musical Sylvia, starring Beverley Knight and featuring Lolita Chakrabarti as dramaturg