David K.S. Tse

Kumiko Mendl Steps Down as Artistic Director of New Earth Theatre

Kumiko Mendl, founding member of leading British East and South East Asian (BESEA) theatre company New Earth Theatre, has announced her decision to step down from her role as Artistic Director after 11 years, leaving the company in 2024. 

LIFE OF PI in the West End Announces New Cast & Releases 100,000 Tickets for Final Booking Period

100,000 new tickets have been released for the final booking period of the West End production of Life of Pi. Nuwan Hugh Perera, who is currently the alternate Pi, will take over the title role on 7 September 2022 with Chirag Benedict Lobo joining the cast as the new alternate Pi.  

LIFE OF PI Extends Booking Through 30 October 2022

Following phenomenal public demand and a remarkable haul of five prestigious Olivier Awards, including Best New Play, it was announced today (6 May 2022) that public booking for Life of Pi, Lolita Chakrabarti's dazzling stage adaption of Yann Martel's award-winning book at the Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End, has been extended until 30 October 2022.

LIFE OF PI Extends Booking to 4 September

Following its recently announced nine Olivier award nominations, it was announced today (17 March 2022) that public booking for Life of Pi, Lolita Chakrabarti's dazzling stage adaptation of Yann Martel's award-winning book, has been extended until 4 September 2022.

West End Production Of LIFE OF PI Extends Public Booking To 29 May 2022

Following its triumphant West End opening at Wyndham's Theatre last week, producer Simon Friend today announced that public booking for Life of Pi, Lolita Chakrabarti's dazzling stage adaptation of Yann Martel's award-winning book, has been extended until 29 May 2022 with the release of 70,000 new tickets. 

Photos: First Look at LIFE OF PI in the West End

The highly anticipated West End premiere of Life of Pi, Lolita Chakrabarti’s dazzling stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s award-winning book has roared into the West End. 

Casting Announced For West End Premiere of LIFE OF PI

Hiran Abeysekera makes a welcome return to the show in the central role of Pi, alongside Mina Anwar as Ma, Nicholas Khan as Father, Payal Mistry as Rani, Tom Espiner as Father Martin and Commmander Grant-Jones, Raj Ghatak as Mamaji and Pandit-Ji, Syreeta Kumar as Mrs Biology Kumar and Zaida Khan, David K.S. Tse as Mr Okamoto, Kirsten Foster as Lulu Chen, Habib Nasib Nader as Cook and Voice of Tiger.

LIFE OF PI Will Now Begin Performances in the West End November 2021

It has been announced that performances of Life of Pi will now begin at the Wyndham's Theatre in the West End November 21. Life of Pi is a breath-taking new theatrical adaptation of an epic journey of endurance and hope.

LIFE OF PI Announces Rescheduled West End Dates From 26 September 2021.

The West End production of Life of Pi has announced its rescheduled dates!

Theatre Royal Stratford East To Release Audio Play 846 In Response To The Death Of George Floyd

On May 25th 2020, a police officer in Minneapolis killed George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds.

Casting Announced For the West End Production of LIFE OF PI

Full casting has been announced for Life of Pi, the celebrated Sheffield Theatres production which will transfer to London this summer. Life of Pi a?' Lolita Chakrabarti's dazzling adaptation of Yann Martel's extraordinary, award-winning book a?' was awarded a string of five-star reviews when it opened in Sheffield last year.

On the Wire Presents the World Premiere of FROM SHORE TO SHORE / PIAO YANG GUO HAI

From Shore to Shore is a new play by Mary Cooper in collaboration with MW Sun that weaves together three revealing and moving stories drawn from different generations of people from the British Chinese community.

Photo Flash: Chinese Arts Space Presents PROJECT NEW EARTH

Through four specially commissioned pieces, the extraordinary untold stories of the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) will be unearthed as part of an ongoing campaign to shed light on this forgotten part of British and Chinese history.

Photo Flash: First Look at Benedict Wong, Claudie Blakley and More in CHIMERICA

The Headlong and Almeida Theatre's five star sold-out co-production of Lucy Kirkwood's new play Chimericatransfers to the Harold Pinter Theatre on 6 August for a strictly limited 11 week run. With booking in the West End to19 October 2013, Lyndsey Turner's production of Chimerica received its world premiere last month at the Almeida Theatre where it has subsequently been acclaimed by critics and audiences alike. BroadwayWorld has a first look below!