New Vic, Newcastle-under-LymeA cast of eight deftly play a globe's worth of characters in Laura Eason's rollicking Jules Verne adaptationLaura Eason's 2013 adaptation of Around the World in 80 Days plays adroitly with audience expectations of Jules Verne's story. 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 s…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24AM on July 2, 2017