ArounD the WorlD in 80 ToyS is inspired by the true story of Georges Méliès, the father of cinema and special effects. When the camera was invented, Méliès was the first to see its potential, creating and directing hundreds of groundbreaking films in the early 20th century. However, by the 1920s, he was living in relative obscurity, working in a small toy shop in the Montparnasse train station in Paris. The performance opens with Méliès in that toy shop, in the Montparnasse train station in Paris, with 80 toys and a copy of Jules Verne’s “Around the World in 80 Days.” The eclectic collection of objects from the small shop becomes the protagonist of a magical story told through a movie screen and original staging, creating a unique fusion of film and theater. Combining magic, miniatures, toys, puppets, and ingenious special effects to create an unique theatrical event, the performance is a tribute to Cinema, Micro-Cinema, Magic & Peter Brook’s “The Empty Space.”