Get Set for a Race Around the World at The Questors
Two women set out to beat Jules Verne's record of eighty days
Fionna Gough as Nellie Bly and Asha Gill as Elizabeth Bisland. Picture: Paula Robinson
February 6, 2025
The Questors Theatre is staging a play about the attempt by two women to beat Jules Verne’s fictional record of travelling around the world in eighty days.
A Real Race Around the World features a female cast with live music, story telling and movement and is suitable for all ages.
In November 1889, The New York World newspaper sent Nellie Bly on an assignment: to beat the record set by Phileas Fogg.
Unbeknownst to her, a rival publication sent another female writer later that day to try to beat her.
One went East and one went West. Using steam trains and steamships. But who won?
Directed by David Hovatter and based on the real-life accounts of two extraordinary women, it is showing on the studio stage from 14 – 22 February.
Ticket prices range from £10-£24 and performances are at 7:30pm except for Sunday when it takes place at 2:30pm. There is no show on Monday 17 February.
Later in the month Questors Youth Theatre is presenting Lionboy from the novels by Zizou Corder adapted by Marcelo Dos Santos.
As one of the largest youth theatres in London it is aiming to provide a rollicking exploration of bravery, integrity and standing up for what’s right fusing circus skills, storytelling and live music.
It is a tale told through the eyes of a small boy in the face of some very big problems. Charlie Ashanti (Kodjo Kaladeen-Wallis) can speak English, French, Italian, Arabic and Twi. He can also speak to cats. Charlie is living his normal life here, until one day he comes home and
his parents are gone. Together with his makeshift band of clowns, cats and contortionists, can Charlie find what it takes to find his parents and stand up to The Corporacy?
Directed by Georgia Brown with design by Juliette Demoulin it features original music by Morris Bachmann and Sunghoon Lee.
Lionboy runs from Tuesday 25 February to Saturday 1 March with performances at 7pm plus a Saturday matinee on 1 March at 2pm.
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