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Lolita Chakrabarti

Reverend Kate Bottley chats to the award-winning playwright and actress Lolita Chakrabarti about her stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi.

Reverend Kate Bottley chats to the award-winning playwright and actress Lolita Chakrabarti about her stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s Life of Pi. Based on one of the best-loved works of fiction, winner of the Man Booker Prize, Life of Pi has sold over fifteen million copies worldwide. Lolita tells Kate about the challenges she faced adapting Life of Pi for the stage and bringing it to the historic Wyndham’s Theatre last November, which has been transformed to fully accommodate all elements of the production. She also discusses what it was like working with puppets on such a large scale.

Lolita Chakrabarti OBE is an award winning playwright, her writing credits include Red Velvet, Invisible Cities, Hymn, Last Seen and The Goddess. Her award winning adaptation of Life of Pi won four awards at the UK Theatre Awards including Best Play. She is also an accomplished TV, film and stage actress, with credits spanning thirty years, most recently starring in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One's Showtrial and Vigil.

2 hours, 55 minutes

Last on

Sun 30 Jan 2022 06:00
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    Finish Line

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    Fast Car

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    • Elektra.

  • Mahalia Jackson

    Just A Little While To Stay Here

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    Love Yourself

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    The Best Mistakes

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    If I Didn't Love You

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    Better Together

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    • Me Without You O.S.T. - Various.
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    C'mon People (We're Making It Now) (feat. Liam Gallagher)

    • Acoustic Hymns Vol. 1.
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    Castle On The Hill

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    A Little Time

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    Shut Off The Lights

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    Break The Man

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    Piano Man

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    Brave

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    Where Is The Love?

    • Now 56 (Various Artists).
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    Push The Button

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    Together Again

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Broadcast

  • Sun 30 Jan 2022 06:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2