Life of Pi's unspoken contract with its audience
This week: Meet Richard Parker the tiger as he prepares for The Lowry show, The Lake District is recreated in Lego, Gateshead welcomes the BBC Proms, an Afrofuturist space odyssey visits Liverpool
A WHITE flash of teeth and a streak of orange fur is all I make out as the tiger launches into the air to crush its prey. It’s as if I have been transported into a nature documentary, with the presenter commentating on the beast’s every move.
Just seconds earlier, the voice had been explaining: …
