The 250th anniversary of Bath’s favourite writer is celebrated in fitting style with a new stage adaptation of Jane Austen’s comedy of manners, Emma.
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Jane Austen 250
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One of the most well-known festivals in Bath, the Jane Austen Festival, is also one of the largest and longest Jane Austen-themed festivals in the world!
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Come and join No.1 Royal Crescent for a fabulous afternoon tea hosted by their friends at the Choux Box Patisserie.
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Th Grand Regency Costumed Promenade will take place on Saturday 13th September 2025 (as part of the Jane Austen Festival).
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Step back in time and join the Huntsman Bath for a Jane Austen Regency Afternoon Tea on Saturday the 13th of September.
£40
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Handsome, clever, and rich—Emma Woodhouse believes herself the perfect matchmaker, but meddling in the lives of her friends proves far more complicated than she imagines.
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In celebration of the Jane Austen festival, this service of Sung Eucharist will be a specially themed service to encompass some Regency church elements and music.
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A costumed recreation of a Georgian pleasure gardens as part of the Jane Austen 250 celebrations. |
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Discover the intricate world of a professional ladies’ period costumier. This lecture explores the journey into the role.
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In her talk on The Watsons, Rose Servitova explores what inspired her to complete Jane Austen’s unfinished novel – from fandom and her fascination with Austen
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The streets and houses in Jane Austen’s novels are essential to defining the people who occupy them, but what about the buildings the characters never actually visit? |
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This talk charts the extensive research made by forensic artist portrait painter, Melissa Dring, when commissioned to produce a new likeness of Jane Austen in 2001.
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This talk, with Dr Tim Moore, explores the vibrant world of Georgian Bath and the radical inclusivity of its world-famous assemblies. |
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Trace the creatively described colours of fashions in the journals of the time back to the ancient art and alchemy of natural colours.
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Janet Todd has been reading Jane Austen for many decades, observing how her work alters through the lens of evolving taste and cultural fashion
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Director of Jane Austen’s House takes you back in time to explore the seismic political, religious, and social changes that shaped the world |
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The past decade has seen a significant rise in Jane Austen detective fiction retellings. But what is it about Austen’s work that lends itself to the detective genre?
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Amy Bracey has been driving horse-drawn carriages since she was knee high to a grasshopper and her love for them became a career |
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In “Dressing Obstinate Headstrong Girls”, costume designer and fashion historian, Jolene Marie Richardson, will be examining how costume designers use Jane Austen’s characters
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They were ‘fond of dancing and excelled in it’. From learning from famous dancing masters, to performing at the assembly rooms
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Join curator Elisabeth Murray to discover more about fashion during the Regency period, through the lens of the Fashion Museum Bath collection. |
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Bring your family to Austens at the Abbey for a series of exciting, Regency-themed craft activities for ages 4+, special tours throughout the day.
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Join Hilary Davidson, associate professor and chair of MA Fashion and Textile Studies at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York as she presents her new book:
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Austen’s characters come to life partly because of their delicious – often absurd – inconsistencies |
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Whit Stillman’s sparkling, critically-acclaimed adaptation of Jane Austen’s early, posthumously-published novella ‘Lady Susan’ stars Kate Beckinsale
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Architecture is everywhere in Jane Austen’s novels and it plays an important role in the stories she tells.
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