Much Ado About Nothing - In the style of Pride and Prejudice/Bridgerton

Name: Much Ado About Nothing - In the style of Pride and Prejudice/Bridgerton
Start: 2026-03-06T09:00:00+13:00
Location: Garden Pl, Hamilton Central, Hamilton 3204, New Zealand

Schedule

Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 09:00 am

UTC+13:00

Location

Garden Pl, Hamilton Central, Hamilton 3204, New Zealand | Hamilton, WK

Dearest gentle reader,
You are invited to the event of the season. We have it on good authority that the Lady Leonata will, this summer, play host to the regiment of Don Pedro of Aragon. This, as Leonata’s own family gathers to celebrate the debut of her daughter Hero. Will young Hero be lucky enough to secure a suitor from amongst these officers? And what’s this we hear of a war of words between Leonata’s headstrong niece Beatrice and the handsome Signor Benedick? They never meet but there’s a skirmish of wit between them.
Come, be the talk of the Ton at the 2026 Summer Shakespeare season of the classic enemies-to-lovers romantic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare – in the style of Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice/the hit series Bridgerton!
Bring a chair, a picnic blanket and perhaps some snacks. There’s no need to book tickets and entry is FREE, though a koha for the performers would be appreciated.
SMOKE & ALCOHOL-FREE / REGENCY ATTIRE OPTIONAL

PERFORMANCES:
Saturday, 21st February at 5pm – Rogers Rose Garden, Hamilton Gardens (Gate 2)
Sunday, 22nd February at 4pm – Rogers Rose Garden, Hamilton Gardens (Gate 2)
Sunday, 1st March at 5am (the traditional dawn performance) – Rogers Rose Garden
Friday, 6th March at 7pm – Garden Place, Hamilton Central
Saturday, 7th March at 6pm – Victoria on the River, Hamilton Central
Sunday, 8th March at 12pm – Lake Te Koo Utu Reserve, Cambridge
AND Sunday, 8th March at 5pm – Te Awamutu War Memorial Park, Te Awamutu

Saturday, 14th March at 3.30pm – Te Aroha Domain, Te Aroha

Thank you to Love the Centre, Free FM and Riff Raff Public Arts Trust for making this happen.