Show Preview Austentatious treat for booklovers
AUSTENTATIOUS are saddling the horses once more for their next Grand Tour.
After five sell-out Edinburgh Fringe runs and three national tours, the award-winning, critically acclaimed improvised comedy show will be gracing stages around the UK, including Southport on November 3 at The Atkinson.
Join the all-star cast as they improvise a brand new Jane Austen work before your very eyes, based upon a single suggestion.
As audience members take to their seats, they are encouraged to write the titles of imaginary Austen novels, one of which is selected, entirely at random and immediately performed. Presented in full period costume with live musical accompaniment, Austentatious is a hilarious Regency treat.
Past “lost” masterpieces include Sixth Sense and Sensibility, Double 0 Darcy and Mansfield Shark and no two shows are ever the same.
When asked what audiences can expect, Austentatious said: ‘We are looking forward to driving our carriage and bringing Austen-inspired larks to audiences up and down the country.
“The audience make up the titles, so no show is ever the same and it is a joy to have absolutely no idea what will happen, every night!
“As we approach the 200th anniversary of Jane’s passing in 2017, and celebrate the 200th birthday of Persuasion, it is a delight to be able to still be inspired by her wonderful stories and characters.”
Featuring Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award nominees Cariad Lloyd and Joseph Morpurgo, and an impressively talented cast whose recent TV credits include Peep Show, QI, Have I Got News For You, The IT Crowd and Toast Of London, Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel will leave audiences helpless with laughter and swooning guaranteed.