Jane Austen Festival of Australia

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Jane Austen Festival of Australia (JAFA) Held every April in Canberra, Australia. The theme for 2010 is Sense & Sensibility. Tickets go on sale in November 2009.


2010 Program

   *The Men from Sense and Sensibility
   *Sense & Sensibility: A full stage performance, 2 hours
   *The significance of London in Sense and Sensibility
   *Round-table discussion on the novel Sense and Sensibility
   *How Jane Austen uses music and musicianship to develop her characters
   *Regency weddings and their inclusion in Jane Austen's novels
   *Sense and Sensibility: Behind the Scenes
   *From Page to Stage: adapting Jane Austen's work for stage and screen
   *Play: concerning the proposal that Jane Austen received from Harris Bigg-Wither, using excerpts from Jane Austen's letters, juvenilia and full-length novels. 
   *Thursday: Opening Night
   *Friday: A Very Special Regency Dinner with concert, dance displays and entertainments of the day.
   *Saturday: A Grand Regency Ball
   *Sunday: Grand Regency Promenade & Picnic
   *"Regency": An Exhibition of Antique Fashion, Prints & Rare Books from the days of Jane Austen
   *How to "Talk Regency"
   *Regency Ettiquette
   *Jane Austen's women and their crafts
   *Impro Theatre Company
   *Regency cooking
   *Regency hair styles
   *Regency games & sports
   *Regency fencing and dueling
   *Regency Fashion
   *Regency Reticule & Embroidery Workshop
   *Dressing Jane Austen
   *Bonnet-making Workshop
   *Making a regency turban
   *Sewing Children's Regency Garments
   *Pre-Festival Dress-Making Classes for Adults
   *Children's Regency Sewing Classes
   *Regency Sewing Workshops - Beginning Handsewing & Intermediate Handsewing
   *Costume Research - for Friends of the Jane Austen Festival only [close-up inspection of antique regency clothing]
   *Learn to dance like Jane Austen - beginners
   *Jane Austen's Music
   *Regency Dancing - longways
   *Regency Dancing - sets
   *Regency Dancing - flourishes and finishing
   *Pre-ball dance classes
   *Pre-Festival Dance Classes
   *Dance Display Troupe Opportunities
   *Church Service in Historic St Johns Church Hall, Common Book of Prayer
   *ACT Library Displays & Movie Screenings

2010 Presenters

   *Prof. Gillian Russell, Head, School of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Australian National University
   *Dr Sarah Ailwood, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Canberra
   *Dr Gillian Dooley, Honorary Research Fellow in English, Flinders University, South Australia
   *Deborah Mulhall, Playwright and Director, Sydney
   *Dr Gillian Polack, Food Historian & Lecturer, Australian National University
   *Ms Jennifer Forest, Author, Jane Austen's Sewing Box
   *Dr John Gardiner-Garden, dance historian, choreographer, musician, band leader and artistic director of Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy
   *Mrs Aylwen Gardiner-Garden, Historical Costume Expert & Festival Director
   *Mr William Steed, Linguist, Australian National University
   *Mrs Julia Ermert, Jane Austen Society of Australia
   *Ms Lynne Cook, President, Australian Costumers Guild, South Australia
   *Mr Michael Wischermann, Chef
   *Miss Melanie Green, Humanities undergraduate, ANU & Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy
   *Mr Christopher Morten, Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy
   *Miss Charlotte Fletcher, Musician, Sydney
   *Miss Elizabeth Warren, Earthly Delights Historic Dance Academy
   *Improv Theatre Company, Canberra
   *Ms Jenny Williams, Actors Centre Australia, Sydney
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