The best value theatre programme!

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Earlier this year we all went to see a theatre production of Jules Verne’s ‘Around the World in 80 Days’. It was a sort of circus-type of performance which was quite fun, although they did rather overdo the ‘virtue signalling’ which grated somewhat. Anyway we picked up a programme, although usually I find that theatre programmes are not worth the cost, being mainly a cast list and maybe a bit about the director’s vision with perhaps a few pictures of costume designs. This one though was an exception as it had rather more detail about everything than the usual, plus an article about the author and another about the first real journey which sought to emulate the fictional one. And it had a double page spread of ’80 facts from around the world’. The programme was just lying around the house when some friends who are currently staying picked it up, found the pages of facts and started quizzing us on them over breakfast. It kept us entertained for about an hour trying to guess the answers – great fun! Probably the best value theatre programme I have ever come across!