20 January – 14 February

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This show belongs to the FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026 season. This season is now over.

Six-panel grid showing the same person in period-style clothing holding a magnifying glass over one eye. Each panel uses a different colour or monochrome filter, creating a playful, detective-themed variation on the same pose.
Person stands in a dark interior, arms raised overhead holding a glowing phone that lights their face. They look upward with a focused expression, wearing period-style clothing against shadowed wooden walls.
Brick wall background with centred text reading “Jane Austen Private Eye,” with “Private Eye” in gold. Review quotes surround the title: “Dramatic, funny and intense.” FringeFeed ★★★★; “Brilliantly done… Exceptional performance.” Glam Adelaide ★★★★; “If you do get a chance, I highly recommend going to see it.” The Wild Goose; “Non-Austen aficionados need not fear… It is funny, loving and intelligent.” Gutter Culture ★★★★; and “Very funny, discerningly clever and at times poignant.” Stage Whispers.
FRINGE WORLD Festival 2026

Jane Austen: Private Eye

Flung across time and space, Jane Austen finds herself embroiled in an eerie murder mystery. In 1817, a young woman is murdered after attending a dance. 150 years later, another young woman meets an equally grizzly fate, and in the distant future, it looks like history will repeat itself again.

Out of time, out of place, and out of ideas, can Jane Austen solve the case before it's too late?

From the mad genius who brought you Diehard/Jane Austen mash up 'Perish with Great Difficulty' comes a time-travelling literary detective story, inspired by unlikely real life events.  

"Dramatic, funny and intense." ★★★★ Fringefeed, 2019

"Brilliantly done...Exceptional performance." ★★★★ Glam Adelaide, 2019

"Non-Austen afficionados need not fear...It is funny, loving and intelligent." ★★★★ Gutter Culture, 2019

Presented by: Sense and Spontaneity

Sense and Spontaneity create Jane Austen inspired comedy improv shows, music videos, and scripted performances. Established in 2014, they have toured throughout WA and Australia performing sold out shows across multiple seasons.
Theatre & Performance • Theatre
Western Australia
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Suitability & warnings

Content rating: PG
Family friendly: No
Strobe Lighting
Smoke Effects

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Presented by: Sense and Spontaneity

Sense and Spontaneity create Jane Austen inspired comedy improv shows, music videos, and scripted performances. Established in 2014, they have toured throughout WA and Australia performing sold out shows across multiple seasons.