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Award-winning improvised Jane Austen show Austentatious has announced three special guest stars for its West End run in December 2025.

Joining the rotating Austentatious cast will be Paterson Joseph (Vigil, Noughts + Crosses) on Monday 1 December 2025, Mel Giedroyc (Company, Starter For Ten) on Monday 8 December 2025 and Stephen Mangan (The Split, Green Wing) on Monday 15 December 2025.

Austentatious is the live-action comedy costume drama complete with improvised script, lights and soundtrack. The guest improvisers are thrown in at the deep end by taking a never-before-heard title from the audience and staging a ‘lost’ Jane Austen novel – for the first and last time.

The show is now in its 14th year on stage, and this year celebrates 250 years since the birth of Jane Austen.

The current rotating Austentatious cast includes Amy Cooke-Hodgson (Disney’s We Were the Lucky Ones), Cariad Lloyd (Weirdos Book Club with Sara Pascoe, Griefcast), Charlotte Gittins (Paul Merton & Suki Webster’s Improv Show), Daniel Nils Roberts (Come Into My Kitchen), Graham Dickson (The Free Association), Joseph Morpurgo (Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee), Lauren Shearing (Mischief Movie Night) and Rachel Parris (The Mash Report).

Austentatious is playing at the Vaudeville Theatre on selected Mondays until 6 July 2026.

Austentatious is also touring the UK in 2026.

Book tickets to Austentatious at the Vaudeville Theatre in London

Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel

Vaudeville Theatre, London

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Austentatious - An Improvised Jane Austen Novel
Main photo: Austentatious - Special guests in December 2025 - Paterson Joseph (Photo via PR), Mel Giedroyc (Photo Laurie Fletcher) & Stephen Mangan (Photo via PR)

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