'Pride & Prejudice' is one of Budding Entertainment's most popular productions and we are excited to bring it back in 2023 - four years after we first staged it!

COURSE FULL!

This production course is for Semester 1 2023 and will end in a theatre production at Belconnen Theatre (see all dates and venues below).

Pride and Prejudice is Jane Austen's witty and satirical story of love and life among English gentility during the regency era.

Mr Bennet is an English gentleman livingwith his overbearing wife, the hilarious and often vexed Mrs Bennet, and their five very different daughters: beautiful and gentle Jane; witty and fiery Elizabeth; bookish Mary; immature Kitty; and wildly flirtatious Lydia.

Unfortunately for the Bennet women, when Mr. Bennet dies, their house will be inherited by a distant cousin - the pompous clergyman Mr. Collins - and so the family's future happiness and security depends upon the daughters making good marriages.

Like the novel, the play opens with news of the arrival in the neighborhood of the rich gentleman Mr. Bingley and his sisters Miss. Caroline Bingley and Mrs. Hurst. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" - surely Mr. Bingley will fall in love with one of the Bennet girls!

Love is indeed in the air for one of the Bennet sisters when they meet Mr. Bingley at the assembly rooms, but no one is expecting the arrival of an even wealthier man - the proud and disagreeable Mr. Darcy...

For the Bennet sisters, many trials and tribulations stand between them and their happiness, including class, gossip, scandal, roguish army officers and of course... pride and prejudice.

Come and be part of Jane Austen's classic story in this BIG costume drama - we require a large cast to play a wife range of iconic and entertaining male and female parts! 

Secure your place with an initial instalment payment of $199.75 with Afterpay. 

SEMESTER 1 2023 CLASS DATES
Venue: Playing Field Studio, 2 Kingsley St, Acton.

TERM 1 DATES & TIMES: 5.30pm-7pm (90 mins)

• Sunday 12^th February
• Sunday 19^th February
• Sunday 26^th February
• Sunday 5^th March
• Sunday 12^th March
• Sunday 19^th March
• Sunday 26^th March
• Sunday 2^nd April

TERM 2 CLASSES DATES & TIMES: 5.30pm-7pm (90 mins)

• Sunday 30^th April
• Sunday 7^th May
• Sunday 14^th May
• Sunday 21^st May
• Sunday 28^th May
• Sunday 4^th June
• Sunday 11^th June

FINAL SHOW/S (plus dress rehearsal)
Venue: Belconnen Theatre, Swanson Court, Belconnen

• Sunday 18^th June (keep whole day free!) and/or Monday 19^th June (evening)
  If there is sufficient demand, the final show will be performed more than once - up to three times over the two days. E.g. it may be a matinee, an evening, and the following Monday. This is TBC and will depend on demand. All performers should please keep Sunday 18th June (all day) and evening of Monday 19th June (after school hours) entirely free.

REQUIREMENTS

All performers MUST be committed to learning lines outside of class! Parents and guardians must please monitor their teen's progress to ensure they are meeting all goals set by their tutors.

DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPT!

1. CLICK HERE to download the whole (watermarked) script here! After enrolment, you will receive access to an un-watermarked version to print at home.

Note: this script will be further adapted to fit the unique needs of the group e.g. dialogue added, adjusted or cut as needed.

WHAT WILL I RECEIVE AFTER ENROLLING?

• 'Welcome to the Cast of Pride & Prejudice' - a two-page document with a summary of class dates and times as well as hyperlinks to Pre-Course Prep resources, including:
• A link to the unwatermarked script to print at home.
• A link to the video of our previous youth stage adaptation.
• A link to a playlist with Received Pronunciation (English accent) resources for the performer to practice at home.
• Instructions to upload a video introduction and 1-3 scenes by January 30: NOTE IF YOU ARE ENROLLING ON OR AFTER JANUARY 30TH, YOU HAVE UNTIL 7TH FEBRUARY TO UPLOAD YOUR VIDEOS! The tutors will review these videos and observe performers participating in group activities in Class 1 to make a decision on assigning roles.
• Advice on show tickets - 2023 show tickets will be $15/$10.

Ages 13-19: PRIDE & PREJUDICE
2023 fees: $399.50 per term (total semester fee $799).
4 interest-free payments of $199.75 with Afterpay.
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Making quality theatre courses accessible: secure your place with an initial instalment payment of $199.75 with Afterpay.

ENROL HERE!