Jean keeps the expedition on track, while Aouda gets to think for herself after a lifetime of pampered subjugation.Īn outdoor show like this could really do with live music – the pre-recorded tracks sit uncomfortably in such a natural environment – but the cast sing with gusto and seem to enjoy the freedom of an alfresco performance.Īt Pitlochry festival theatre until 17 September. David Tennant starred as Phileas Fogg in the television adaption of Around The World In 80 Days. The script skates across the story, with little suggestion anyone might learn from circumnavigating the globe, although even the stuffy Fogg comes to appreciate the breaking down of gender boundaries. Runaway trains Unabashedly slapstick Hold onto your seats for the original amazing race Join fearless adventurer Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant as. Jim Broadbent, Cecile de France, Ewen Bremner, Ian McNeice, Kathy Bates, John. Instead, directors Elizabeth Newman and Ben Occhipinti go for a jokey production, as Rhiane Drummond’s uncommonly petulant Queen Victoria waits at home complaining about the profusion of landmarks in her name (she prefers Victoria sponge to Victoria station). Fogg (Steve Coogan), an eccentric inventor, bets his colleagues that he can circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. It is breezy fun even if, with the primary-school puns and make-believe violence, Powell strains too hard to please the younger members of the audience. David Tennant stars as the unlikely globetrotter Phileas Fogg on the greatest journey of them all. Stars David Tennant, Ibrahim Koma, Leonie Benesch, Jason Watkins, and Peter Sullivan discuss their characters in Around. In particular, it comes from Connor Going and James Hudson, a pair of knockabout villains, cartoonishly seeking to separate an oblivious Fogg from his money in a variety of culturally specific disguises, from Egyptian mummy to Chinese dragon. Meet the Cast and Characters of Around the World in 80 Days. Richard Colin as Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days at Pitlochry festival theatre. Around the World in 80 Days as its meant to be heard, narrated by Toby Jones, George Blagden, Don Gilet, Vineeta Rishi.

Cast of around the world in 80 days