St James, LondonThis entertaining trip boasts clever sets and inventive direction but is punctured by a Phileas Fogg without enough wit for an upper-class twitThere's a touch of Patrick Barlow's long-running West End hit The 39 Steps in Lucy Bailey's inventive take on Jules Verne's story. Its hero, Victorian gentleman Phileas Fogg, accepts a wager from members of his London club who refuse to believe that it is possi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:32AM on January 4, 2016