What's On | Lucy Worsley – Jane Austen at Home

Lucy Worsley – Jane Austen at Home

  • Show Information

Dr Lucy Worsley is passionate about making history engaging to the widest possible audience. Her new biography of Jane Austen will be published in May next year and takes at new look at Jane Austen’s life from the perspective of her bi-centenary. It considers what home meant to Jane, and tells the story through the rooms, spaces, possessions and places which mattered to her. Dispelling the myth of the cynical, lonely spinster Lucy instead offers us a witty and passionate woman of her time, who refused to settle for anything less than Mr Darcy.

Lucy is Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces and is a hugely popular writer, broadcaster and speaker. This exclusive show accompanies the launch of her new biography of Jane Austen.

There will be a Q&A and book signing after the show.

Map Venue MarkerExeter Northcott Theatre
Speaker
Running time: 110 minutes, no interval

You may also like:

Dracula in Space promo image. A downward-facing photo of a string quartet lying on a white floor on their backs with their heads and shoulders in view. All are wearing white turtlenecks and holding their instruments. All but one have their eyes closed. The other is looking at the camera through the side of their eyes with a trace of a sly smile on their pierced lips.
Bowjangles in Dracula in Space
Fri 19 Apr 2024
Barnfield Theatre
Take a look Book tickets
The Mousetrap promo image. Eight characters stand in a triangle formation, looking intently at the camera. A moustachioed man with crossed arms and a deeply-furrowed brow. A woman with slicked-back hair and a masculine suit, hands tucked behind her back. A woman in a peacock blue shirt-dress with her hands on her hips. A suited young man gesturing with a pen and holding a notebook. A man in a black felt hat looking concerned. A man in a silk cravat with a raised eyebrow. A man in a colourful knitted vest and bowtie, hands in pockets. A severe-looking woman in a beige overcoat pursing her lips.
The Mousetrap – 70th Anniversary Tour
Sat 20 Apr 2024
Exeter Northcott Theatre
Northcott Theatre
Take a look Book tickets
Post Office Scandal: The Inside Story artwork. White text on a red background overlaid with images of people protesting and binary numbers reads: (top to bottom) Following the BBC Radio 4 Series and now a major ITV drama. Post Office Scandal: The Inside Story. A Unique and comprehensive insight into the most widespread miscarriage of justice in British legal history. “An Extraordinary journalistic expose of a huge miscarriage of justice.” Ian Hislop, Editor, Private Eye. With ITV drama consultant, investigative journalist and broadcast Nick Wallis. Based on his best-selling book ‘The Great Post Office Scandal’. Following three panoramas and a Private Eye special report.’ On the bottom left-hand side of the artwork, the cover of the book ‘The Great Post Office Scandal’. On the bottom right-hand side of the artwork, a headshot photo of journalist Nick Wallis.
Post Office Scandal: The Inside Story
Sat 20 Apr 2024
Barnfield Theatre
Take a look Book tickets

Adopt
a seat

Adopt your very own seat at the Exeter Northcott and help secure a bright future for the theatre.

Find out more