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Lolita Chakrabarti OBE (born 1 June 1969) is a British actress and writer. [1] [2] Early life. Chakrabarti was born in Kingston upon Hull, England, to Bengali Hindu parents from India on 1 June 1969. She grew up in Birmingham, where her father worked as an orthopaedic surgeon at Selly Oak Hospital. [2] Career. Acting.
Mar 29, 2023 · Culture | Drama queen. Lolita Chakrabarti is one of theatre’s most sought-after adaptors. The playwright has brought two prizewinning novels, “Life of Pi” and “Hamnet”, to the stage....
Apr 14, 2023 · Speaking with one of theatre's most in demand writers, Nina asks Lolita about her latest stage adaptation of the novel Hamnet, with the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon before ...
Jun 28, 2019 · Playwright Lolita Chakrabarti on how to stage the impossible. The actor/playwright talks about taking on ‘Life of Pi’. Lolita Chakrabarti at the Rambert Dance Company in London © Leo Goddard....
Mar 31, 2023 · Lolita Chakrabarti. After a cargo ship sinks in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, a sixteen-year-old boy named Pi is left stranded on a lifeboat with four other survivors — a hyena, a zebra, an...
Jun 21, 2022 · Lolita Chakrabarti’s play Red Velvet dramatizes a pivotal moment in Aldridge’s career, when he takes over for Edmund Kean in the high-profile role of Othello at Covent Garden in London in 1833.
Apr 12, 2022 · Writer and director Lolita Chakrabarti picked up the prize for Best New Play at the prestigious Laurence Olivier theatre awards 2022 for her stage adaptation of Yann Martel’s Booker Prize-winning novel, Life of Pi.
Apr 1, 2014 · April 1, 2014. Shock waves rarely travel across centuries. But at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Brooklyn, where Lolita Chakrabarti’s “Red Velvet” opened on Monday night, you can experience firsthand...
Dec 22, 2021 · Lolita Chakrabarti is an award-winning actress and writer. She trained at RADA and has been working as an actor on stage and screen for over thirty years. Her recent writing work includes...
Feb 15, 2021 · Lolita Chakrabarti’s play Hymn begins at a funeral where two men meet, and begin to form a remarkable bond. Lolita discusses her play that uses music and dance to chart the developing bond ...
