Press
Our King’s periodicals & the nation’s critical luminaries have assessed the show accordingly…
★★★★★ “A potboiler of a parody, joyously performed” – Alex Hardy, The Times (2015)
Winner of the Chortle award for Best Character, Improv or Sketch Act in 2014.
★★★★ Pick Of The Week – “Constant wit and verve… worked a treat” – Dominic Maxwell, The Times (2013)
Pick Of The Week – “high-grade humour” – The Guardian
Critics’ Choice – “highly impressive…they’re all hugely talented performers, able to keep the gag rate high and the made-up story rolicking along” – Time Out
Hot Ticket – “Just when you think improvised comedy has exhausted every permutation along comes this ingenious monthly cult event” – Evening Standard
“winning and enthusiastic performances. The audience applause between scenes is politely anticipatory of what might be next. By the end, it is rapturous.” – The Stage
“a bravura slab of improvisation” – The Independent
“whip smart and on the button funny” – Londonist
A delight was had by all at the Edinburgh Festival 2014:
★★★★ “Delightfully flippant fun!” – A Younger Theatre
★★★★ “A comic feat” – Broadway Baby
★★★★ “Sure to become a new classic” – Three Weeks
★★★★ “highly enjoyable” – The List
“bodice-breakingly funny.” – Fest
Here is what the scholars of Edinburgh’s Festival Fringe opined in 2013:
★★★★ – “one of the most enjoyable 60 mins on the fringe” Brian Logan, The Guardian
★★★★★ – “an absolute must-see…truly fantastic with a great comedic cast” – The Skinny
★★★★★ – “supremely talented” – Three Weeks
★★★★ – “It should be a truth universally acknowledged that this improv group is quite brilliant” – Fest
★★★★ – “one proposal you can not afford to ignore” – Broadway Baby
Reviews for our inaugural Edinburgh Fringe in 2012 were as follows:
★★★★★ – “This is one of the most impressive comedy shows on the Fringe. Camp out early” – Chortle
★★★★★ – “Witty, silly and gloriously funny, Austentatious is something you simply must fit into your social calendar for the season” – The Skinny
★★★★★ – “One of this year’s best fringe shows…you definitely don’t want to miss this Regency treat” – Edinburgh Festivals
★★★★★ – “The Milk Monitors acquitted themselves with rare wit and grace. The audience could relax and enjoy, safe in the knowledge that it was in the hands of masters of their craft. Very, very funny. Highly recommended…” – Theatre Bubble
★★★★★ – “a great comic piece of theatre” The Gay UK
★★★★★ – “it’s difficult not to consider returning the next day just to see what they’ll come up with next” – Fresh Air
★★★★½ – “bloody brilliant…silliness and sophistication are in perfect harmony. You’ll be giggling like a moron” – London Is Funny
★★★★ – “All the hallmarks of an Austen pot-boiler…hilarious” – Remote Goat
★★★★ – “supersmart and terrifically funny…a true homage to a novelist who was one of the greatest female humorists who ever lived” – The Scotsman
★★★★ – “hilarious and frankly ridiculous” – Fest
★★★★ – “plenty of talent to go around…delightfully silly” – Three Weeks
★★★★ – “hilarious…all the excitement of Mr Darcy in a wet shirt” – A Younger Theatre
★★★★ – “The group were nearly flawless in their flow, and left nobody – in cast or audience – behind. Everyone was in stitches” – Fringebiscuit
★★★★ – “exceptional improvisation…will leave the audience reaching for an Austen novel in the hope that it would be just as entertaining” – Festival Journal
Top 5 Free Fringe Shows 2012 – The List
According to the British Comedy Guide, the show was one of the ten best reviewed comedy shows at the 2012 Edinburgh festival. How we blushed.