It's a special meeting of the Jane Austen Fan Club, and you're invited! With books, bonnets - and a lifesize cardboard cutout of Colin Firth - we're celebrating everything we love about the original feminist icon.
Weaving together the world of Austen's classic novels with an exploration of gender, relationships and money today, to ask: how much has really changed for women in 250 years?
Created by Victoria Briggs and Lucy Mellors, you can expect high drama, breathless romance, and extremely proficient dancing.*
*correct at time of going to print - please note, dancing may not be proficient.
All performances are relaxed, baby-friendly and dementia-friendly.
Event: Saturday 14 February, 2pm
Bar Opens: 1 pm
Tickets: £14 Advance, £5 Student (ID Required) £18 On The Door
The Jane Austen Fan Club has been developed using public funding. We are proud to have recieved a National Lottery Project Grants from Arts Council England. The project has been made possible by the support of our funders, partners and collaborators, including: Lighthouse Poole, Forest Forge, Wiltshire Creative, Hampshire Libraries, Salisbury City Council, Culture in Common, Gosport Creates, Wiltshire Libraries, Hampshire Cultural Trust, Ringwood School and CODA Music & Arts Trust.
While researching and developing The Jane Austen Fan Club, we have collaborated with groups of (predominantly) women&girls across the South. Thank you to Forest Forge Youth Theatre, Forest Forge Young Company, Forest Forge Act Your Age, Gosport Creates, ArtfulScribe, Ringwood School, Godolphin School, Wiltshire Creative Mind the Gap, Wiltshire Creative Dance Six-0, and Mayflower Studios Young Company.
