Instead, he is merely set on getting to the other end of the world and back as quickly as possible. Fogg does not travel to India, China or America in order to get to know the countries or to deal with their cultures. Jules Verne thus used stories he had read in news papers and turned them into one of the most popular adventure novels of all time.įrom today’s perspective, Phileas Fogg’s journey around the world is so fascinating because it is symbolic for a specific West and Central European mindset. Numerous articles and travel reports of people, who had travelled around the world, were published around 1870. The novel was written at a time where circumnavigating the world had become easier than ever before, due to the completion of the Suez Canal and an improved railway system through America, called the First Transcontinental Railroad. But in the case of “Around the World in Eighty Days” he did not actually have to come up with any new inventions or scenarios. ![]() Nowadays, Jules Verne (1828-1905) is often called the “Father of Science Fiction”. Eventually, there is next to no chance that they will arrive in London on time. The second part of their journey after crossing over to America, where they go by train, is also filled with adventures and unexpected events. They have to rescue her from a ritual sacrifice. In India, the two men also get a female travel companion named Aouda. Because of a mistaken identity, he thinks that Fogg has robbed a bank in London. Fogg and Passepartout are followed by an English detective named Mr. Soon however, complications start to arise. Their trip leads them through the Suez Canal, to India and then to China and Japan via ship. He starts his journey on the same evening, accompanied by his servant Passepartout. The wager is half his fortune: 20,000 pounds sterling, which would roughly amount to two million pounds sterling today. Phileas Fogg, a rich gentleman, makes a bet against his friends at the Reform Club that he will be able to go around the world in eighty days. The story takes place in London at the beginning of the 1870s. After all, it is far more than just a novel about a race around the world. ![]() But actually, it is truly worth picking up this popular work by the French author Jules Verne and reading it yourself. 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.The adventure novel “Around the World in Eighty Days” (1873) is one of these books, which everyone thinks they know without ever reading them. 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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