The Dukes annual outdoor play in Lancaster’s Williamson Park is back this summer with Around the World in 80 Days.
It will run from July 21–August 27.
Adapted by writer Andrew Pollard (writer of last year's show, The Jungle Book), it takes in all the sights, sounds, smells, food and cultures of a whirlwind world tour—and all outdoors.
It will be directed by Sarah Punshon, who also directed Jungle Book.
As part of the event, the Dukes will also be hosting their first food festival, Around the World in 80 Bites, on June 2.
Throughout the summer term, the Dukes Creative Communities team will be running art workshops in local primary schools, whilst a new partnership with Balfour Beatty’s Social impact team will allow communities living in rural poverty, access to free funded tickets to the performance.
The Dukes has been staging summer promenade shows since 1987, attracting a total of more than a half a million people. In 2016, its outdoor version of The Hobbit won a UK Theatre Award for Best Show for Children and Young People.