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. 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).įor more information, tour dates and tickets, visit tiltedwigproductions.L aura Eason’s 2013 adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days plays adroitly with audience expectations of Jules Verne’s story. 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). Making up the cast, Alex 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. Join the Ringmaster, the Acrobat, the Clown, the Trick Rider and the Knife Thrower on their journey as fact clashes with fiction in this madcap adventure around the world. But the Acrobat is biting at his heels, determined to have the star turn as Nellie Bly and see a woman win the race.Īudiences can sit back and enjoy as skilled performers traverse countries across the globe, embracing each character from the book and navigating different modes of transport. Join a raggle-taggle band of travelling circus performers as they embark on their most daring feat yet: to recreate the adventures of Phileas Fogg as he sets off on his race around the world, led by the Ringmaster. Tilted Wig will present York Theatre Royal’s adaptation of the iconic novel from February – July 2023.Īdapted and directed by Juliet Forster (Cinderella, York Theatre Royal The York Radio Mystery Plays, BBC Radio and York Theatre Royal), the production has design by Sara Perks, lighting design by Alexandra Stafford-Marshall, sound design by Ed Gray and fight direction by Jonathan Holby.Ĭircus meets theatre in this rip-roaring caper for a dazzling and delightful show for all the family.
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