Pride and Prejudice* (sort of)

Pride and Prejudice* (sort of) comes to the Donald Gordon Theatre at The Wales Millennium Centre on Tuesday 13 April 2027. It's a musical retelling of Jane Austen's classic love story, with the asterisk and the "sort of" in the title giving a fair hint that this isn't a straight adaptation.

The show is written by Isobel McArthur, who takes the familiar setup of the Bennet sisters and the arrival of Mr Bingley and Mr Darcy and puts her own spin on it. It's described as a humorous take on the original, so rather than a faithful period piece, it leans into the comedy of the situation. If you know the story, you'll recognise the bones of it, but the musical format and the comedic angle shift the focus towards the laughs.

It's a West End musical, and it's picked up an award along the way, so it's not just a local production. That means it's coming to Cardiff after playing in London, bringing the same version that worked there. The Donald Gordon Theatre is one of the smaller spaces within the Wales Millennium Centre, which usually suits a show like this better than the main stage.

So, it's Jane Austen with a musical score and a sense of humour, playing at the Wales Millennium Centre on Tuesday 13 April 2027. If you've read the book or seen the films and fancy seeing it played for laughs on a stage, that's your starting point.