Friday, July 18, 2025
Director Gordon Greenberg join The Old Globe's Kim Heil to discuss Noises Off.
Vicki and Carl Zeiger Insights Seminars provide Globe patrons with an opportunity to closely connect with prod…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:25PMThursday, July 17, 2025
Noises Off, the uproarious backstage comedy that pulls back the curtain on a theatre company struggling to keep its production from falling apart, plays July 6 through August 10, 2025.
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SOURCE: YouTube at 02:19PMFriday, July 28, 2023
Williamson Park, LancasterSam Jones brings innocent charm to the role of Jules Verne’s hero in an outdoor version that roams around the park if not quite the globe
Jules Verne’s caper is…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:49AMThursday, June 1, 2023
'Art,' 'Gem of the Ocean,' 'Lightning Thief' and 'Around the World in 80 Days' on the menu
SOURCE: OnStage Colorado at 03:05PMSunday, May 14, 2023
Hull Truck theatreThis engaging production makes the most of a small cast and minimal staging, but needs more urgency early on
The plot of Jules Verne’s 1872 novel is well known. Phileas …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:02AMThursday, April 6, 2023
Theatre by the Lake, KeswickAn eight-strong cast and a revolving stage take us on an extraordinary adventure for adults and kids, with time-keeping as a theme
Jules Verne’s 1872 novel trad…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32AMMonday, January 30, 2023
Nellie Bly (1864-1922, played by writer/performer Katie Overstall) is set for an adventure, and she doesn’t want to be stuck writing on her newspaper’s gossip column.
Inspired by …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 11:00AMThursday, July 14, 2022
Pitlochry festival theatre, ScotlandA touch more peril might help an otherwise playful retelling of the Jules Verne voyage with a cast full of bounce and brio
A big plus point in going outdo…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:48AMSaturday, April 23, 2022
Contemporary lovers of classic cinema have likely seen Basil Sydney (1894-1968) in supporting roles in any number of films: Caesar and Cleopatra (1945), Olivier’s Hamlet (1948), Disney’s…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:12AMWednesday, September 1, 2021
Around The World In 80 Days is best known for the iconic 1956 David Niven film rather than the original novel by the prolific French writer Jules Verne; this version seeks to restore the ori…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMWednesday, June 16, 2021
As the legendary Cornwall-based theatre company closes, the people who made its astonishing productions look back on four decades of mayhem and innovation
Mike Shepherd (founder, artistic di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:03AMWednesday, May 26, 2021
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds INSTEAD OF TRAVEL… So what do we need, to reopen a tiny Georgian playhouse in a time of continuing uncertainty, mas…
SOURCE: theatrecat.com at 07:22AMMonday, March 1, 2021
When I was a kid, David Niven (1910-1983) was in the midst of a so-called comeback period that had begun with Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and continued with a 1957 remake of My Man Go…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 03:54PMSunday, October 25, 2020
We are delighted to see that TCM is showing the original 1956 version of Around the World in 80 Days today at 2:15pm EST, so we thought we would use it as an occasion to provide some backgro…
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:06AMThursday, March 26, 2020
Broadway In Chicago is delighted to announce their new social media program, Around Broadway In [...]
SOURCE: showbizchicago.com at 04:32PMWednesday, November 6, 2019
As her acclaimed premiere of Claudio Macor's Different From the Others continues at the White Bear Theatre, director Jenny Eastop transfers her Mercurius revival of Jules Verne's Around the …
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 06:22AMSunday, November 3, 2019
Hot on the heels of the critically acclaimed premiere of Claudio Macor's new play Different From the Others, director Jenny Eastop's production of Jules Verne's globe-trotting romp Around th…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 04:20PMMonday, September 30, 2019
Featuring a book by Claybourne Elder and a score by Rodney Bush, the family-friendly production will debut October 11 at Theatre Raleigh.
SOURCE: Playbill at 02:55PMThursday, August 8, 2019
Ready, steady...go! 80 Days, a real-world adventure is an immersive and different treasure hunt by Fire Hazard Games, based on Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 09:00AMTuesday, May 14, 2019
Laura Eason’s adaptation of the Jules Verne novel is a reminder of how to make stage magic from simple elements.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:06PMSunday, May 12, 2019
Laughter and oohs and ahs abound from an audience of all ages during this exuberant and wildly theatrical stage adaptation of Jules Verne’s classic adventure novel "Around the World in 80 …
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 08:59PMSaturday, May 11, 2019
★★★★★ An inventive version of Jules Verne's classic visits the New Victory Theater
The post Around the World in 80 Days: Whirlwind Entertainment and Laughter for All appeared first…
SOURCE: New York Stage Review at 06:15PMFriday, April 12, 2019
Leeds Playhouse follows Amy Leach’s intense, sprawling production of Hamlet with Toby Hulse’s irreverent, pacy and unashamedly silly adaptation of Jules Verne’s
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 12:11PMSaturday, September 22, 2018
Just about the time you’re thinking there’s nothing new in the land of the lively arts, along comes something unexpected and wholly different. Celebrating its 70th touring season kick-of…
SOURCE: mdtheatreguide.com at 07:15PMFriday, September 21, 2018
It seems particularly appropriate that the National Players should be mounting a production about an imperturbable, peripatetic gambler who takes every mishap in stride while journeying as f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:37PMMonday, August 13, 2018
Tapping into the Victorian fascination with speed, time and travel, Jules Verne’s much-adapted novel Around the World in 80 Days tells the
SOURCE: The Stage Registration at 06:14AMPrepare for an epic adventure as Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days comes to life in a fun, farcical adaptation at Parramatta’s Riverside Theatres on 14 & 15 August 201…
SOURCE: artsreview.com.au at 03:29AMThursday, July 19, 2018
It's time to take a trip this summer...AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS returns to London at the Union Theatre this August and casting has now been announced...
SOURCE: Stage Faves at 08:30AMThursday, June 21, 2018
The U.K. adaptation is part of the Off-Broadway theatre's latest lineup.
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:59AMTuesday, May 1, 2018
"His breakthrough was [the 1955 film] The Dam Busters, about the 1943 British raid against the Ruhr dams in Germany's industrial heartland. ... He was [subsequently] recruited to showman Mik…
SOURCE: Washington Post at 09:54AMThursday, March 1, 2018
Assessing this year’s crop of nominees, one can detect certain trends that indicate where the Oscars are heading and why. I offer three, all of them holding out the promise that the Academ…
SOURCE: theconversation.com at 04:29PMThursday, January 25, 2018
“Around the World in 80 Days” will be on stage at Globe Theatre, London. The play, written by Toby Hulse, is based on the book by Jules Verne and is directed by Ruth Smillie. The st…
SOURCE: www.blouinartinfo.com at 05:56AMTuesday, January 9, 2018
Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80 Days is a classic novel that has stood the test of time–one hundred and forty-five years, to be exact–and been adapted into multiple media …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:45PMTuesday, October 24, 2017
Christy Escobar's theater credits include: Bad Jews (Longwarf-2nd Stage); The Great Gatsby (Virginia Stage Co); The Book Club Play, Around the World in 80 …
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 04:24PMWednesday, September 6, 2017
Although written with a young audience in mind, I‘ll go ahead and admit I was laughing from start to finish. The slapstick action and well-timed gags ensured laughs throughout.
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 10:00AMSunday, September 3, 2017
Theatre By the Lake, KeswickHigh-flying writer Laura Eason’s latest drama doesn’t quite hit the markBrooklyn-based Laura Eason is an acclaimed writer with notable hits to her credit, inc…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:24AMMonday, August 28, 2017
Shane O'Neill is a writer, performer, and video maker living in Brooklyn, NY. His writing and videos have been featured in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Refinery29, and ArtNews Ne…
SOURCE: Visible Soul at 03:12PMThursday, August 24, 2017
New Vic artistic director Theresa Heskins has attracted critical acclaim for the globe-trotting zeal of her hit production of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days, currently at London's…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 12:56PMThursday, August 17, 2017
Have you seen the raves reviews for our Featured Show, family-friendly adaptation of Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days? The New Vic Theatre production continues at London’s Cadogan…
SOURCE: mytheatremates.com at 07:00AMWednesday, August 16, 2017
The latest press night parties, new shows in rehearsal, events and awards from the theatrical world in pictures. This week’s highlights include opening nights
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