LIFE OF PI, the Tony Award®-Winning Theatrical Experience, Heads to the Hobby Center for Limited Engagement

Performances will run through Aug 19 – Aug 24, 2025 as part of the Memorial Hermann Broadway at the Hobby Center 2024-2025 Season

Show is winner of three Tony Awards and the Olivier Award for Best Play  

Based on the novel that sold more than 15 million copies and became a worldwide phenomenon, LIFE OF PI is an epic story of perseverance and hope that speaks to every generation.

Told with jaw-dropping visuals, world class puppetry and exquisite stagecraft, LIFE OF PI creates a visually stunning journey that will leave you filled with awe and joy. Martel’s extraordinary story of family, resilience and survival and the natural world combined with Chakrabarti’s brilliantly staged story speaks to every generation.

ABOUT LIFE OF PI:

After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the vast Pacific Ocean, a sixteen-year-old boy name Pi is stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors – a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan, and a 450-pound Royal Bengal tiger.

LIFE OF PI is recommended for ages 13+. LIFE OF PI contains some mature content and violence, smoke, haze, flashing lights, strobe lights and loud sounds throughout as well as scenes of animal ferocity and the death of animals, depicted by life-like puppets. 

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING:

The Broadway and West End sensation LIFE OF PI is “an exhilarating evening of theater” (The Wall Street Journal).

TICKET INFORMATION:

For dates, show times and ticket information, visit https://www.thehobbycenter.org/events/life-of-pi/.

Featured Photo: Ellie Kurttz