Oh what a circus! Fly Around The World in 80 Days in a marvelously madcap new telling of Jules Verne’s famous tale at Blackpool Grand Theatre from Tuesday 28 February to Saturday 4 March 2023. Book your seats in the Big Top now!

Juliet’s Forster’s thrilling adaptation of Jules Verne’s Around The World In 80 Days is Phileas Fogg’s incredible journey across the globe as you’ve never seen it before! It’s a rip-roaring romp for the whole family that’s not to be missed…

A raggle-taggle band of highly skilled travelling circus performers embark on their most daring feat yet as they recreate Fogg’s famous adventures as he sets off on his race Around The World In 80 Days.

But wait? Who is this Nellie Bly biting at his heels? We can’t have an actual real-life woman win this race!

Sit back and enjoy as skilled performers traverse every country, embrace each character and navigate each mode of transport as fact clashes with fiction in this highly entertaining gallop around the globe. It’s an epic family adventure!

We all know the name Phileas Fogg from Jules Verne’s novel Around The World In 80 Days, but what do we really know about the intrepid adventurer and his world-famous journey?

Here’s five fascinating Phileas Fogg facts:

1. Around the World in 80 Days is a novel by French writer Jules Verne that was first published in 1873 and is one of Verne’s most acclaimed works.
2. The lead character Phileas Fogg of London attempts to circumnavigate the world in 80 days with his French valet Passepartout on a £20,000 wager (roughly £2 million today).
3. Fogg and Passepartout start their epic journey as passengers on the Orient Express train.
4. The route he took was from London to Egypt by rail and steamer across the Mediterranean Sea (7 days), Suez to Bombay by India steamer across the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean (13 days), Bombay to Calcutta by India rail (3 days), Calcutta to Hong Kong by steamer across the South China Sea (13 days), Hong Kong to Japan by steamer across the South China Sea, East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean (6 days), Japan to San Francisco, USA, by steamer across the Pacific Ocean (22 days), San Francisco to New York City by rail 7 days and New York to London across the Atlantic Ocean and by rail (9 days) = 80 days!
5. Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg never travelled in a balloon! This fictional balloon comes from the Academy Award- winning 1956 film adaptation of the novel starring David Niven and it has been firmly fixed in our collective consciousness since then!

Run right now to follow in Fogg’s famous footsteps and snap up your seats for the circus!

Your Around The World In 80 Days adventure awaits!

Around The World in 80 Days is at Blackpool Grand Theatre from Tuesday 28 February to Saturday 4 March 2023. Matinee and early evening performances available. Tickets from £15.50.

For ages 7+

Book the very best seats now before it flies into Blackpool Grand! Please call the Box Office on 01253 290190 or visit www.BlackpoolGrand.co.uk for full listings, bookings and further information.