Small Hall Sessions with
Penny Ashton & Lori Dungey's
Austen Found
Are you Bonkers for Big Balls? Well so are we at...
Austen Found: The Undiscovered Musicals of Jane Austen
Huzzah! It’s Jane Austen’s 250th birthday bonanza and you’re invited to the ball of the season as Austen Found tours Rural Hawke's Bay this October. Join Penny Ashton (Promise & Promiscuity, Olive Copperbottom, The Tempestuous), Lori Dungey (LOTR, M3GAN) and marvellous musical maestro Greg Ward, (Lyons & Ward) as they swoon, laugh and romp through an entirely improvised Austenian Musical.
Charming suitors, meddlesome mothers, tight breeches and surprisingly well-educated girls will all paint a vivid picture in song, dance and passionate handholding. Are you addicted to Darcy? Bonkers for big balls? Lost all sense and sensibility? Then best be booking with haste.
“An excellently executed, hilarious and side-splitting bit of nonsense to create tears of joy. All much-needed. Pure entertainment has real worth.” Otago Daily Times 2023
Complete Sell-out Comedy Festival (2007 and 2021) and Adelaide Fringe (2010)
“Penny Ashton and Lory Dungey – two excellent improvisers who know what they’re doing.” – Dominion Post 2021
“Austen Found is a superbly well-developed, outstanding triumph!” – Theatreview 2023
“What I did not prepare myself for was just how outstanding the production would be. In all honesty I am still in some disbelief that the several players on stage improvised such brilliance on the spot.” – NZ Entertainment Blog
Date & Time
Friday October 10th - Ongaonga Town Hall
Saturday October 11th - King George Hall, Bayview
Sunday October 12th - Twyford Raupare Community Hall
Doors open for all Sessions at 6pm
Show Starts at 7pm
Our fabulous Pop-Up Bar and wholesome meals available.
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