2017 Programme
The 2017 Jane Austen Festival – Events
Click on the day for more details
of what was going on at the Festival in 2017.
The 2018 programme will be different and will not include all the events listed below.
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12 noon – The Genius of Jane Austen – Paula Byrne – book signing
6.30pm – Pre-Festival Get Together
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9am – A very private public breakfast – food
11am – Grand Regency Costumed Charity Promenade – Royal Crescent Lawn
12noon – Festival Fayre – in the Guildhall
12.15pm hourly – Pride and Prejudice – the 20 minute version
1.30pm half-hourly – Austen Undone! – Theatrical Comedy walks
4pm – Rummaging through the reticule – talk and food
6pm – The story of Pride & Prejudice with music by Carl Davis
8.30pm – The Bicentenary Country Dance – Ball |
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10am – A very private public breakfast – food
10am – Beaux & Bells, Breakfasts & Balls – walk
11.30am – Tour of Beckford’s tower – Dr Amy Frost
1.30pm half-hourly – Austen Undone! – Theatrical comedy walks
2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones
2.30pm – Jane Austen and the pleasure garden – walk
3pm – Meet the director – Simon Langton – (1995 Pride & Prejudice)
4pm – Rummaging through the reticule – talk and food
7.30pm – Mr Wickham and an Evening with Jane Austen
9.15pm – Ghost walk of Bath – with Laugh at Bath tours |
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9.30am – Your carriage awaits – minibus tour of Bath
10am – Taking an airing – walking tour
11am – Austen and the architectural imagination in Northanger Abbey – Dr Amy Frost
12.30pm – Jane Austen and the King of Bling! – Catherine Curzon
1.30pm – Meryton tour to Lacock and Devizes – Minibus tour
2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones
2.30pm – As Danced in Austen’s lifetime – Regency dance workshop
8pm – Grave Robbers are afoot! – John White of Select Society |
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8.30am – Day trip to Chawton House Library and Cottage – coach trip with Theatre Royal
9.30am – Your carriage awaits – minibus tour of Bath
10am – Beechen Cliff and the Bath Landscape – walk
11am – Excessively diverted! – talk
1.30pm – Meryton tour to Lacock and Devizes – Minibus tour
2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones
3.30pm – Engraving the £5 notes – Graham Short presentation
8pm – Chatter Broth – presentation by Select Society |
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9.30am – Your carriage awaits – minibus tour of Bath
10am – The Gothic novel – walking tour
1.30pm – Meryton tour to Lacock and Devizes – Minibus tour
2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones
2.30pm – Northanger Abbey – theatrical (matinee)
7.30pm – Northanger Abbey – theatrical (evening)
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9am – Day trip to Bristol, Clifton and Blaise Castle Estate – Coach trip
9am – Austen’s Hampshire Haunts – minibus tour
Day of Dance and Music in the Assembly Rooms
10.30am – Regency Dance Workshop 1 – Beginners
11am – Austen, Fact or Fiction? – discussion
Day of Dance and Music in the Assembly Rooms
1.30pm – Regency Dance Workshop 2 – Improvers
2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones
Day of Dance and Music in the Assembly Rooms
3.30pm – Dancing with Jane Austen – narrated performance
5.30pm – Beastly Bath! – walking tour
Day of Dance and Music in the Assembly Rooms
8pm – The musical world of Jane Austen – Austen trio |
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9am – Austen’s Hampshire Haunts – guided minibus tour
10am – The oldest profession – walking tour
11am – Calligraphy workshop, write a letter like Jane Austen
12noon – Lunch at Longbourne with Moonstone Theatre Company – food
1.30pm – Pre-Ball dance workshop – for those attending the Masked Ball
2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones
3pm – The rise and fall of the Bath Stagecoach – talk with Dickon Povey
4pm – Draw back the curtain – theatre tour
7pm – (4 entry times) Exclusive Twilight tour of No 1 Royal Crescent – tour and nibbles
7pm – Regency Costumed Masked Ball – Pump Room, with reception by the Roman Baths |
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10am – A very private public breakfast – food
10am – Calligraphy workshop, write a letter like Jane Austen
11.30am – Considering Northanger Abbey – with Prof John Mullan
2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones
2pm – Unveiling Northanger Abbey – Lauren Nixon
3.30pm – Miss Morland’s Guide to Bath – walk
4pm – Rummaging through the reticule – talk
6pm – Gothic for Girls – History Wardrobe, presentation with Lucy Adlington
8.45pm – More pride, more prejudice! – improvised theatrical |
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11am – Jane Austen her home and her friends – walking tour
12.30pm – Mini-promenade to the Holburne
2pm – Reading Northanger Abbey, the novel in Waterstones
4pm – Finale – Jane Austen’s Will – Jackie Herring |
