# The Watsons

**Featured** — On Your Markus  
**Published:** 23 June 2025  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/the-watsons/

Presented by The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild  Written by Laura Wade Based on an unfinished novel by Jane Austen Directed by Matthew Chapman  Little Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia 1st – 10th August 2025   A JANE AUSTEN PLAY YOU DON’T KNOW THE ENDING TO? THAT’S ALL RIGHT, NEITHER DID SHE.  The Watsons are in crisis. Cut off…

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**Presented by The University of Adelaide Theatre Guild **

**Written by Laura Wade Based on an unfinished novel by Jane Austen **  
**Directed by Matthew Chapman **

**Little Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia **  
**1st – 10th August 2025 **

 **A JANE AUSTEN PLAY YOU DON’T KNOW THE ENDING TO? THAT’S ALL RIGHT, NEITHER DID SHE. **

The Watsons are in crisis. Cut off financially from her benefactor, the youngest, Emma, returns to her dying father and spinster sisters with the task of finding a husband – and finding one now. If not, poverty and ruin awaits them all. Matchmakers, match breakers, cads, stuffy clergymen and an overactive rumour mill all conspire as wedding bells ring in the distance and Emma eyes off a certain man… 

…and that’s where we leave it. See, Jane Austen never finished the story. So it’s up to Emma, with the help of modern-day Laura, a jaded playwright with a rapidly approaching deadline, to find her own happy ending… 

And that’s where the fun *really *begins. 

Performances: 1st to 10th August including 4 matinees and 1 twilight performance with Q&A.   
Duration: Approximately 2 hours   
Content Warning: occasional coarse language 

 **TICKET PRICES: **$28 Full / $23 Concession All Concession cards accepted 

Online: **[www.trybooking.com/CXJIN](https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1324505)**** **

**LITTLE THEATRE **is located near Gate 10 Victoria Drive, in The Cloisters at The University of Adelaide. It is recommended to allow extra time for parking, especially with events on at Adelaide Oval. 

**For review tickets, or to arrange an interview, please email the Theatre Guild office: theatreguild@adelaide.edu.au **

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