![]() That aside, Theresa Heskins’s direction lacks nothing in verve and elan. Also, I wondered why, when the French are represented by berets and baguettes, Italians by straw boaters and ice-cream, and people in Hong Kong by coolie hats, Native Americans were removed altogether and replaced by cowboys. While all this is indubitably rollicking good fun, I missed Verne’s sly, ironic sideswipes at stock market and empire (comments on colonialism given to Mrs Aouda came across as forced). Watch a video interview with the cast of Around the World in 80 Days. The energetic, eight-strong cast, not content with impersonating around 100 characters, enlist audience assistance to help conjure illusions – all the while keeping disbelief bobbingly suspended. On stage, these are dextrously assembled by the performers from suitcases, clothing and an umbrella: Lis Evans’s minimal design maximises the potential in audience imagination. There is no balloon in Verne’s 1873 book, either – although one was introduced in the 1956 film version starring David Niven and Cantinflas – but there are trains and boats, an elephant and a sailing sledge. The miniature balloon rises, unused, into the shadows. “There is no balloon in the book!” admonishes Fogg, indicating the Bradshaw’s guide in the hands of his valet, Passepartout, who is desperately seeking a connection to get them home on time. ![]() From between the bars of the New Vic’s lighting rig, a miniature air balloon slowly descends. Phileas Fogg, having laid a £20,000 bet with his fellow whist players in London’s Reform Club that he will circumnavigate the world in only 80 days, is stranded in the United States. Full tour dates listed below.L aura Eason’s 2013 adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days plays adroitly with audience expectations of Jules Verne’s story. The UK tour will run from February to July 2023 begining at York Theatre Royal on 2 February. Audiences can join the Ringmaster, the Acrobat, the Clown, the Trick Rider, and the Knife Thrower on their frantic race to travel Around the World in 80 Days. Jules Verne’s original characters are transformed in Forster’s adaptation, embracing different modes of transport as they journey across the globe. ![]() I found that this approach allowed interesting themes to emerge around whose stories get told, whose stories dominate and who should stand aside to give space to the untold ones.“ Juliet Forster, creative director of The York Theatre Royal and director of Around the World in 80 Days, said, “ I was amazed that we generally know more about Jules Verne’s fictional characters than we do about the real woman, Nellie Bly, who set the record for circumnavigating the globe in 1889 (and did the journey in less time…) I knew I had to tell her story. Produced by Tilted Wig in collaboration with York Theatre Royal, Around the World in 80 Days is adapted and directed by Juliet Forster (Cinderella, York Theatre Royal The York Radio Mystery Plays, BBC Radio and York Theatre Royal). Rounding off the cast as the sharp-witted Knife Thrower, Detective Fix, is Eddie Mann (Rocketman, Paramount Macbeth, Three Inch Fools Back to The Future, Secret Cinema). ![]() Wilson Benedito (50 Ways to Kill Your Lover, Amazon Alan Carr’s New Year Specstacular, Channel 4) provides comedic relief as The Clown, Passepartout. Genevieve Sabherwal ( My Grandma’s a Walrus, Southwark Playhouse Speed Dial, Pleasance Spooky Ship, Bristol Old Vic) will be performing as the Aouda, The Trick Rider. Taking on the role of the Acrobat, Nellie Bly, is actor and puppeteer Katriona Brown ( There’s a Rang-Tan in My Bedroom and Other Stories, Little Angel Theatre Chum-o-logues, Southwark Playhouse). Casting has been revealed for the new UK tour of Jules Verne classic Around the World in 80 Days.Ĭircus meets theatre in Around the World in 80 Days, a brand-new adaptation of Jules Verne’s iconic story, where each member of the cast will perform multiple roles to recreate a rag-tag band of travelling circus performers that embark on a daring mission to recreate Phileas Fogg’s race around the world.Īlex Phelps ( As You Like It, Shakespeare’s Globe/CBeebies When Darkness Falls, Park Theatre/UK Tour Hamlet, Shakespeare’s Rose Theatre) will be playing the determined Ringmaster, Phileas Fogg. ![]()
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