LUNG HA’S THEATRE COMPANY
AUDIO DESCRIBED AND CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
By Bengt Ahlfors - based on the novel by Jules Verne and adapted by Douglas Maxwell -UK Premiere

Performances of Lung Ha's Theatre Company upcoming production of Around The World in 80 Days will be audio described and captioned.

...A gentleman never jokes about wagers. I’ll bet you twenty thousand pounds that I can travel around the world in 80 days, with my passport stamped as proof...
When Phileas Fogg, and his faithful servant Passepartout, board the train in London in 1875 he has only 80 days to travel round the world to win the wager between him and his friends at the great Reform Club. A grand adventure lies ahead, using conventional and, more often, unconventional travel arrangements; his journey will include romance, danger and surprises with the redoubtable Scotland Yard pursuing him at every turn.
Expect music, dance and melodrama aplenty as Lung Ha’s Theatre Company present Around the World in 80 Days adapted for the Company by leading Scottish playwright Douglas Maxwell – and featuring the full performing company of 23 together with live and original music by Pete Vilk.
AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES:
Friday 1st April- Platform, Glasgow, 11am
Thursday 7th April- Traverse, Edinburgh, 7.30pm

CAPTIONED PERFORMANCES:
Friday 1st April- Platform, Glasgow, 11am
Thursday 7th April- Traverse, Edinburgh, 2pm
Please contact the box office at the venue to book:
Platform, The Bridge- 0141 276 9696 (opt 1),
www.platform-online.co.uk
Traverse Theatre- 0131 228 1404,
www.traverse.co.uk

May 7th: Edinburgh & the Lothians Public Engagement Event
Venue: Kings Manor Hotel, 100 Milton Road East, Edinburgh, EH15 2NP & RNIB Scotland Employment and Learning Centre 24D Milton Road

 

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