The Watsons

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Event The Watsons
Venue University of Adelaide, Little Theatre, The University of Adelaide, SA
First Date 1 August 2025
Last Date 10 August 2025
Dates Estimated No
Status Amateur
World Premiere No
Description The Watsons are in crisis. Cut off financially from her benefactor, the youngest, Emma, returns to her dying father and spinster sisters with the task of finding a husband - and finding one now. Matchmakers, match breakers, cads, stuffy clergymen and an overactive rumour mill all conspire as wedding bells ring in the distance and Emma eyes off a certain man…

…and that’s where we leave it.
See, Jane Austen never finished the story. So it’s up to Emma, with the help of modern-day Laura, a jaded playwright with a rapidly approaching deadline, to find her own happy ending…

And that’s wh
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Primary Genre Theatre - Spoken Word
Subjects Authority
Feminism
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
Genevieve Hudson Acting Coach Miss Osborne
Laura Antoniazzi Actor Elizabeth Watson
Celeste Barone Actor Mrs Edwards
Louis Bianchini Actor Redcoat (Bertie)
Imogen Deller-Evans Actor Emma Watson
Lucy Johnson Actor Margaret Watson
Rebecca Kemp Actor Servant
Lindy LeCornu Actor Lady Osborne
David Lockwood Actor Mr Watson
Bonnie McAllister Actor Mrs Robert
Thomas Midena Actor Tom Musgrave
Harry Passehl Actor Robert Watson
Frederick Pincombe Actor Charles Howard
Dylan Ross Actor Redcoat
Angela Short Actor Nanny
Tom Tassone Actor Mr Howard
Maxwell Whigham Actor Lord Osborne
Annabel Whitford Administrator
Inkie Elliot-Potter Artistic Performer Scenic Artist
Rohan Ellis Assistant Director
Rohan Ellis Assistant Stage Manager
Matthew Chapman Costume Associate
Gilian Cordell Costume Associate
Emily Currie Costume Associate
Matthew Chapman Director
Nic Hurcombe Graphic Designer
Stephen Dean Lighting Designer
Rebecca Kemp Movement Director
Stephen Dean Photographer Headshots
Richard Parkhill Photographer
Laura Wade Playwright
Jan Farr Props Buyer/Designer/Maker
Annabel Whitford Publicist
Lucy Johnson Publisher
Matthew Chapman Set Designer
Stephen Dean Sound Designer
Inkie Elliot-Potter Stage Manager
Jess Wolfendale Stage Manager Rehearsal Stage Manager
Works
Text Nationality England
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Programme
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Event Identifier 214066
Dataset AusStage