Presented by ConArtists       

Austen Found: The Undiscovered Musicals of Jane Austen

“OOOOOH MISS ELIZABETH, DO PLEASE PLAY IT AGAIN.”

Addicted to Darcy?  Lost all Sense and Sensibility?  Bonkers for Big Balls?  Well put down your cross-stitching and join with Auckland’s Leading Improv Troupe, ConArtists, as they swoon, romp, and pianoforte their way 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 hand holding.  

Bringing the Bennetts to life will be veteran performer Lori Dungey, world famous Hobbit and one of the founding players of Theatresports in New Zealand.  Lori performs all over the World and has represented both New Zealand and Canada in international tournaments including the World Cup of Theatresports in Germany in 2006 and was victorious in the Improvaganza Masters of the Universe Tournament in Edmonton in 2003. 

Greg Cooper has been improvising from the tender age of 13 and is a veteran of hundreds of improv and dramatic performances and has also represented New Zealand overseas most memorably as a member of the World Cup winning team in Los Angeles in 1994. 

Penny Ashton is a comedienne and actor and has performed both Improv and her solo comedy shows from Adelaide to Edinburgh to Gore.  She too represented NZ at the World Cup in 2006 and at the Improvaganza in 2003 and enjoyed her 2000 stint on Shortland St as a gynaecologist.

Stayci Taylor is a graduate of the John Bolton Theatre School in Melbourne and has trained with Phillipe Gaulier in London and Paris.  She has travelled extensively throughout NZ and the world with improv and is a senior writer for Maori Programming in NZ, recently receiving a complaint that her writing is too saucy, of which she is proud.

Original ConArtists actor Nigel Burrows rounds out our Regency Romp with muso Ross Devereux providing the plinking on the pianoforte.

“Now why didn’t I think of that!”  Jane Austen

AUCKLAND           
Dates:            May 7th, 8th and 9th and 14th, 15th and 16th. 7pm
Venue:            The Drake, 2 Drake St, Freeman’s Bay
Tickets:           $20/$18 Groups 6+ $18 and COMBO deal with Sex Lies and Improvise $30
Bookings:        0800 TICKETEK, www.ticketek.co.nz or at the Door.

For more information contact:   
Name:            Penny Ashton
Email:             penny@hotpink.co.nz
Website:          www.conartists.co.nz