But a creative set, incorporating projections and clever lighting, and equally clever acting sees the epic globetrotting story come to hilarious life.

“We play something like 39 characters all up, it’s a huge amount of work,” says actor Nat Jobe.

“It’s based on the classic novel, a very clever comedic stage adaptation of it.

“The real joy of it is that from an audience point of view they get to watch three actors running around like crazy trying to present every character in that novel.

“It’s a mammoth journey, just as it is in the novel, but an absolutely hilarious mammoth journey on stage.”

Around the World in 80 Days is a joyfully frenetic whirlwind of a show, full of daft Victorian invention, daring deeds and downright silliness – think Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

The actors – Jobe, Michael Lindner and Suzie Melloy – are on their toes throughout, switching characters as quick as they can swap a cap.

Millionaire adventurer Phileas Fogg agrees to a non-stop sprint circling the globe in just 80 days, an outrageous wager that puts both his fortune and his life at risk. 

Accompanied by his French valet Passepartout, their intrepid journey is marred by the appearance of a Scotland Yard detective dispatched from London on the trail of a bank robber matching Fogg’s description. 

“People who are familiar with the novel go in with that expectation of knowing the journey they’re going on and that in itself is hilarious when they realise that there’s only three actors,” Jobe says.

“People who haven’t read the novel just get swept up in this magical tale of this character travelling around the world, it’s really wonderful.”