Smash-hit comedy Clementine heading to Wolverhampton
Following a dazzling run of sell-out shows and critical acclaim across two Edinburgh Fringe runs and four Soho Theatre residencies, Rosalie Minnitt has announced a new UK tour of her cult comedy hit, Clementine. Partnering with exciting theatre and comedy producers Liebenspiel, the tour will be stopping off at Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre on Saturday, February 14.
In this hysterical, deranged and irreverent period drama parody that meditates on girlhood, romance and everything in between, Lady Clementine has until her 27th birthday to find The One. When her latest beau goes missing, she embarks on a hilariously unhinged quest to solve the mystery of her ill fortune. But with neither sense nor sensibility, will our romantic heroine find love in time?
With Emerald Fennell’s take on Wuthering Heights sending the internet into overdrive and Pride & Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility remakes out next year, it’s clear that period drama core is on the rise. Get Charli XCX on the soundtrack and make it comedy?
Enter Miss Lady Clementine.
Clementine is a kaleidoscopic concoction of historical anachronisms, TikTok sounds and misplaced pop-culture references - Bridgerton for chronically online girlies. More than a clever parody of stuffy English ideals; this innovative show talks about the present through the lens of the past. From singledom and soulless dating apps to womanhood, Clementine asks if we have really moved on all that much - are we still as obsessed with finding 'The One', but do we actually understand what it means to love and be loved?
Creator and performer Rosalie Minnitt says: “Clementine is more than an ode to singledom. Like all good things, it’s messier than that. And funnier. It’s about celebrating the complicated parts of being a woman in 2025. We need comedy to help us talk about the things we can’t seem to articulate or sometimes don’t really want to. I’ve had hundreds of DMs + messages + emails telling me about how Clementine made them feel. Women saw this show multiple times. Then they brought their friends and sisters and mums and aunts. One girl came four times and she wrote to me: ‘if someone asked me why I love women and love being a woman, I’d show them this show’.”
See here for tickets at Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre on February 14.
