A Royal Exchange Theatre and New Vic Theatre,
Newcastle under Lyme co-production
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AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS
By Laura Eason
Adapted from the novel by Jules Verne
Directed by Theresa Heskins
The Royal Exchange Theatre
St Ann’s Square, Manchester
Thursday 17 July – Saturday 16 August, 2014
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS is kindly supported by
Manchester Airport.
PRESS NIGHT:
Tuesday 22 July 7.30pm
AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS – Jules Verne’s
epic tale of Victorian eccentricity, romance and adventure – bursts on to the
stage of Manchester’s Royal Exchange
Theatre from Thursday 17 July
to Saturday 16 August.
Adapted from the original novel by
Laura Eason, the show is an
incredible tale of adventure to be enjoyed by all the family.
A cast
of eight transports the audience around the world, playing over a hundred
characters and creating 33 rapid-fire scenes in a thrillingly imaginative
physical theatre style.
The story races its way across the
globe, taking in continents, intrigue, love and even an elephant – all in the
name of a bet. The eccentric Phileas Fogg wagers his life’s fortune that he can
circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days with his hapless valet
Passepartout.
The show is the first
collaboration between the Royal Exchange and the New Vic Theatre,
Newcastle under Lyne - both theatres-in-the-round. The production is kindly
supported by Manchester Airport (see Notes for Editors).
It was originally seen at the New Vic last year where it
played to packed houses and critical acclaim. The same creative team are
re-staging it again at the New Vic from Friday 20 June to Saturday 5 July
before bringing it to the Exchange.
Andrew Pollard and Michael Hugo are set to reprise their roles as Phileas Fogg and Passepartout
and the cast also includes Pushpinder
Chani, Okorie Chukwu, Rebecca Grant, Susan Hingley, Dennis
Herdman and Matthew Rixon.
The
production is directed by New Vic Artistic Director Theresa Heskins, who said:
'It feels momentous, to be directing this
first meeting between two distinctive theatres in-the-round. I hope that
our very physical, low-on-tech, high-on-ingenuity house style will be well
received on its first ever trip away from home, and that this will be the start
of a beautiful friendship.'
The
creative team is completed by Lis Evans
(designer), James Atherton
(composer), Beverly Edmunds (movement
director), Alexandra Stafford (lighting)
and James Earls-Davis (sound).
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