This events calendar is meant to socially enrich our DJABC community wherever members may find themselves. We will gladly share any Jane Austen related event here. We may also share events that may appeal to darker interests as we see fit.
*Any events where times were not specifically listed are shown to be all-day; however, this is only a default setting.
Please, contact us with information you would like to see at least two weeks in advance.
Presented at the Leicester Square Theatre.
Presented by the By Jove Theatre “The classic Jane Austen tale of passion, scandal and wet shirts leaps off the page into the absurd world of pantomime, resulting in an evening of raucous entertainment and riotous fun.” Preforming at the White Bear Theatre.
Performance Dates:
14th December at 7.30
15th December at 4.00 and 7.30
16th December at 5.00
Austentatious perform regularly across London, UK.
Reserve seats in advance by emailing austenimpro@gmail.com
The Institute of English Studies School of Advanced Study University of London will be hosting a one day conference on Jane Austen’s Men.
Speakers:
‘The armed forces’: Alan Turton (formerly Custodian, Basing House)
‘Jane Austen and the male mind’: Professor Richard Jenkyns (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford)
‘Jane Austen’s clergymen’: Gavin Turner (formerly Chairman, Jane Austen Bath and Bristol Group)
‘Jane Austen’s men: the marriage market and the changing fortunes of the landed class’: Dr Robert Clark (Editor, The Literary Encyclopedia, formerly UEA).
*Please make cheques payable to “University of London”. Please register by Monday 11 February 2013.
Colette Saucier will be in attandance at the Trista Ann Michaels ROMFEST 2013.
To celebrate the bicentenary of the publication of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, set in Hertfordshire, the University of Hertfordshire is hosting an interdisciplinary conference to consider the ‘locations of Austen’.
Invited speakers attending this conference include:
Robert Clark (University of East Anglia)
Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace (Boston College)
James Thompson (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Emma Clery (University of Southampton)
The JASNA-CT will be hosting their first ever Jane Austen Summer Camp at The Inn at Middleton in Middleton, CT.
*Register before February 15, 2013, for early-bird price of $295 for JASNA members and $325 for non-members.
Crimson Peak is a horror movie directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Set in 19th century northern England in Cumbria a young author is drawn to a mysterious outsider with a house as haunted by secrets as it is by ghosts.
Staring: Tom Hiddleston, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, and Mia Wasikowska.
Check your local listings for showing times and prices.