The show opens on an image of the Globe Theatre, with Ringo Starr unfurling a flag with the legend "Around The Beatles". The studio setting is arranged as a theater in the round, (hence the show's name) echoing the seating arrangement of the Globe. The opening act is a humorous rendition of the "play within a play", Pyramus and Thisbe (Act V, Scene I) from William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, with Paul McCartney as Pyramus, John Lennon as his lover Thisbe, George Harrison as Moonshine, and Starr as Lion.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Paul McCartneySelf | Self |
 John LennonSelf | Self |
 George HarrisonSelf | Self |
 Ringo StarrSelf | Self |
 Millie SmallSelf | Self |