Walk the Plank producer Liz Pugh is about to embark – literally – on a theatrical tour around the UK aboard the company’s so-called ‘theatre ship.’ Which is, in fact, an old Norwegian ferry the company acquired in 1991, renamed the Fitzcarraldo, splashed the outside with bright blue nautical charts and transformed into a unique theatre space that sails around the British Isles showing live performances.
Walk the Plank is currently preparing to present their latest show, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a reworking of Jules Verne’s classic story of Captain Nemo and the Nautilus. Although the company’s other productions, including Moby Dick and Gulliver’s Travels, have made use of the unique performance space the vessel offers, Pugh says the latest production reveals the ship’s own fabric and machinery to create the atmosphere of a submarine.
