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“A clever and relevant adaptation…As important and timely as it is charming and funny, it’s a perfect example of what breathing new life into much-loved classics can achieve.” –West End Best Friend
Scheming students Charley and Jack must somehow navigate the curmudgeonly Spettigue family in order to declare their feelings to love interests Amy and Kitty. The promised arrival of Charley’s immensely rich aunt gives them their opportunity. But the course of true love never did run straight or smooth…Mistaken identities, false identities, the discovery of true identities: will love–old and new–triumph through it all?
Brandon Thomas’s celebrated farce Charley’s Aunt, fantastically successful when first performed in 1892, is brought bang up to date in Rob Madge’s riotous and glamorous adaptation.
“A scrappy but very fun take on the tale of dowager dress-up and scheming lovebirds…fresh, smart and racy.”
–Guardian
“Irresistible…what a joyous makeover it is!“
–WhatsOnStage
“An update as astute as it is affectionate, bursting with energy and endless reinvention…beautifully calibrated.”
–The Stage
“A pacey, joyful reinvention with wit, warmth and a contemporary sensibility that feels both bold and necessary (and fun)…proves this Victorian farce has never been more relevant.”
–BroadwayWorld
“Everything you could want from an updated classic with a twist.”
–Stage Talk Magazine
“A joyous new adaptation that manages to recycle and repurpose a brilliant farce…an absolute hoot.”
–The Spy in the Stalls
“Hilarious…a sheer joy to watch.”
–British Theatre Guide
“A superb modern twist on the original…works brilliantly.”
–Theatre and Art Reviews
Rob Madge is an actor and playwright whose debut play, My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?), premiered at London’s Turbine Theatre in 2021, was a critical and commercial hit at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2022, and transferred to the West End later that year. It won Best Off-West End Production at the 2022 WhatsOnStage Awards, the Theatre Award at the 2023 Virgin Atlantic Attitude Awards, and was nominated for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play at the Olivier Awards. Madge was joint winner of Best Creative West End Debut at the Stage Debut Awards in 2023. Madge has also adapted Brandon Thomas’s farce Charley’s Aunt (Watermill Theatre, 2025).
Brandon Thomas (1848–1914) was an English actor, playwright, and songwriter, best known as the author of the farce Charley’s Aunt.