AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS FREESHEET

Presented by Hull Truck Theatre and Theatre by the Lake

Around the World in 80 days

by Laura Eason |

based on the novel

by Jules Verne

All aboard for an adventure of global proportions!

You’ll be transported back to the most exciting age of invention in this playful theatrical extravaganza brought to life with evocative music, puppetry, and circus. Join us for the ultimate race against the clock in our bold new production of this much-loved classic tale.

Stefan Adegbola Phileas Fogg

Stefan Adegbola has just wrapped on the new Channel 4 series Get Millie Black and the latest series of Mcdonald and Dodds. Stefan has also recently been seen in Lincoln, in which he portrays American social reformer Frederick Douglass. Other screen work includes Extinction for Sky; Blitz for BBC and Doctor Who. Also performances in shows such as: The High Table at the Bush Theatre; Richard III with Headlong Theatre company and Titus Adronicus at the RSC.

Tricia Adele-Turner Captain Speedy

Westend theatre - ‘Dear Evan Hansen’, ‘Legally Blonde’ , ‘We Will Rock You’, ‘All the Fun of the Fair’ , ‘Bloodbrothers’ and at the Menier Chocolate Factory‘They’re Playing Our Song’. Touring theatre -’The 39 Steps’, ‘Benidorm Live’, ‘Dusty’, ‘Mrs Henderson Presents’, ‘Jackie the Musical’, ‘Carnaby Street’, ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, ‘The Comedy of Errors’ and recently seen in ‘Doctors’ for the BBC.

Morris Inspector Fix

THEATRE: The Comedy of Errors, The Winter’s Tale (RSC) The Last Noel (Attic Theatre Co./Tour); The Jungle Book (Royal & Derngate/Fiery Angel/CTP)

TELEVISION: The Crown, Hinterland/Y Gwyll, Gwaith Cartref, Y Pris, Spilt Milk/ Cara Fi, Desperate Romantics

FILM: The Big I Am, Lois.

RADIO: Like the First Dewfall, The Great Chocolate Murders. This is his first time appearing at Theatre by the Lake.

Miriam O’Brien Passepartout

Miriam trained at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. Her theatre credits include Faustus: That Damned Woman (Storyhouse Theatre/Fallen Angels), Sleeping Beauty, The Woman In Black, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Dick Whittington, One Man, Two Guvnors and Cinderella (Torch Theatre), Milky Peaks (Theatr Clwyd & How to Win Against History), Box Clever (Liverpool Everyman), Curtain Up! (Theatr Clwyd).

Purvi Parmar

Captain Blossom

Training: Pace University, NYC Theatre

Credits: ALICE IN WONDERLAND (New Vic, Stoke), THE BOOK THIEF (World Premier, Bolton Octagon), THE JUNGLE BOOK (The Dukes, Lancaster), TEECHERS LEAVERS ’22 (Hull Truck), SAY YES TO TESS (Leeds Playhouse/ Camden Peoples Theatre), PETER PAN (Bolton Octagon) Grosvenor Park Open Air Summer 2021 (Storyhouse, Chester).

Nicholas Prasad

Mr Naidu

Nicholas trained at London Academy of Music and Drama (L.A.M.D.A.) and Bristol University. Theatre includes: Duke Solinus in THE COMEDY OF ERRORS (Royal Shakespeare Company), Sully in APPROACHING EMPTY (Kiln Theatre/ Live Theatre/Tamasha) Televison includes: DOCTORS (BBC), KRYPTON (Warner/ DC for SyFy) Film includes: Sunil in BOOGIE MAN (Boogie Man Films), MONDAY (Scratchmark Films)

Niall Ransome

Colonel

Stamp Proctor

Niall has appeared in Mischief Movie Night In, The Play That Goes Wrong, The Comedy About A Bank Robbery, Peter Pan Goes Wrong (BBC), Nativity Goes Wrong (all Mischief Theatre) Other work includes Tasting Notes, Tunnels, The 39 Steps, Treasure Island, The Hound of The Baskervilles, Romeo and Juliet & FCUK’D.

A graduate of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Saba was nominated for The Stage Debut Awards for her performance in AN ADVENTURE for Bolton Octagon. She will next be seen in the feature UNICORNS, directed by Sally El Hosaini and and James Krisna Floyd.

Dyfrig

Saba Shiraz Mrs Aouda

Creatives

Director Hal Chambers

Designer

Louie Whitemore

Co-composer and Sound Designer Benjamin Hudson

Co-composer

Anna Wheatley

Lighting Designer Chuma Emembolu

Puppetry

Movement Director

Fight Director

Production Manager

Company Stage Manager

Deputy Stage Manager

Assistant Stage Manager

Naomi Oppenheim

Jess Williams

Claire Llewellyn of RC-Annie Ltd.

Matthew Tarbuck

Catherine Farish

Jon Calvert

Sara Cowman

cast

Phileas Fogg

Stefan Adegbola

Captain Speedy Tricia Adele-Turner

Inspector Fix Dyfrig Morris

Passepartout Miriam O’Brien

Captain Blossom Purvi Parmar

Mr Naidu Nicholas Prasad

Colonel Stamp Proctor Niall Ransome

Mrs Aouda Saba Shiraz

Director - Hal Chambers

Hal trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and National Theatre Studio. As a Director, his credits include: Yippee Ki Yay (Richard Marsh/Seabright Productions - UK Tour), The Ballad of Maria Marten (Eastern Angles & UK tour), Henry V (Barn Theatre, Cirencester), The Bear (Polka Theatre, UK and world tours), The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, Ragnarok (Eastern Angles), Helver’s Night (York Theatre Royal), Julius Caesar (RADA & Gdansk Shakespeare Festival), Henry the First of England (RABBLE), Vanity Fair (Middle Temple Hall), The Comedy of Errors (Assistant Director - RSC).

Hal is an Associate Director with RABBLE Theatre in Reading and was previously Artistic Director of touring puppetry company, Tucked In.

Designer - Louie Whitemore

Olivier Nominated for Best Production in an Affiliate Theatre, Offie Nominated for Best Costume Designer for The Daughter-in-Law at the Arcola Theatre and Best Set Designer for Tonight at 8.30 at Jermyn Street. OldVic12 2016 finalist, JMK Finalist. Theatre credits include: Tom’s Midnight Garden, Handbagged, Single Spies, Bold Girls, Miss Julie, Creditors, Lady Killers, Little Voice, Dear Uncle, (Theatre by the Lake) Opera credits include: Messiah (Danish opera, Frankfurt opera); Carmen (Dorset Opera); Banished (Blackheath Halls) Dance credits include: Nostalgia (Northern Ballet); Nora / She Persisted (English National Ballet); The Nutcracker (Shanghai Ballet); Egle (Lithuania National Ballet); ENB Choreographics Programme 2015 - 2017, Dance Journeys 2016/ 2017/ 2019 (English National Ballet at Sadler’s Wells/The Barbican). Associate Designer to Theatre by the Lake and Jermyn Street Theatre. Curator for the National Exhibition of Performance Design.

Hull Truck Theatre is a pioneering theatre with a unique Northern voice, locally rooted, global in outlook, inspiring artists, audiences and communities to reach their greatest potential. We produce and present inspiring theatre that reflects the diversity of a modern Britain and provide the resources, space and support to grow people and ideas.

We are an ambassador for our city, a flagship for our region and a welcoming home for our communities. We are committed to our core values of Inclusion, Innovation and Integrity.

Through our work with schools and local communities we engage with young people, disabled groups and adults, offering opportunities to participate in the arts, whether as a first step into a career, a way to build confidence and meet new people, or as a part of a rounded education. Our ground-breaking Community Dialogues programme builds on long-term partnerships within Hull’s local communities to address inequalities in accessing the arts.

With the inspiring leadership of Mark Babych (Artistic Director) and Janthi Mills-Ward (Executive Director), the theatre is on the next stage of its exceptional journey, creating a vibrant 21st-century cultural organisation.