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’.”
Rosalie Minnitt is an award-winning comedy writer/performer. She is an alumnus of the Soho Theatre Labs and The Free Association and has written for BBC Radio 4, BBC Bitesize, CBBC, and her work won an RTS North Award in 2023. She’s been featured in The Telegraph, The Times, Stylist and the Guardian and is a regular on the London comedy circuit. Clementine was Rosalie's debut character comedy show at the 2023 Edinburgh Fringe - both as a writer and performer - and was officially marked by British Comedy Guide as one of the Top-Reviewed Shows of the Fringe that year. The Telegraph also called it one of the funniest shows of the festival and it was described as 'delirious, demented stuff' by Chortle. After a sold-out run including two extensions at Soho Theatre, The Guardian named Clementine as one of the Top 10 Comedy Shows of 2023, calling it 'one of the freshest and funniest shows of the year, a frenetic, neurotic and time-bending character comedy.' The Guardian also picked out Clementine as one of their cultural picks of 2025 and profiled Rosalie in a major G2 piece (here), and the show was featured on Sky News (watchhere).
Earlier this year, as well as the first leg of her UK tour, Rosalie appeared in Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Jordan Brookes’ run of his acclaimed show Fontanelle at Soho Theatre and, on screen.More recently, in September, Rosalie was the winner of Funny Women Comedy Shorts Award and, in October, appeared in the spoof Alan Partridge documentary, Alan Partridge: How Are You? Rosalie and Clementine will be back at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2026 with a brand new show. Meanwhile, she will be reprising her popular cabaret night, Clementine and Friends, at The Pleasance in London on Wednesday, 10th December.More press for Clementine:
‘A masterclass in character comedy.’★★★★★ The Reviews Hub
‘A theatrical gem … ripe to become a cult phenomenon.’ ★★★★★ Fringebiscuit
‘Absolutely brilliant … pure, unhinged fun and I cannot recommend it enough.’ ★★★★★ Little Lark of London
‘A perfect mix of period drama and girlypop chaos.’ & ‘'A beautifully written work, bursting with love and light.’ ★★★★★ / ★★★★★ EdFringe Review
'With genre-busting glee, Clementine pulls heavily on the corset busting, grin-while-I-cut-you-down with witty repartee era of Jane Austen.' ★★★★★ Theatre Weekly
'Rosalie Minnitt is unapologetically for the girlies.' ★★★★★ The Student
'A work of genius wrapped in a frenzy of fabulousness.' ★★★★★ BroadwayWorld
‘A rollicking romp.’ ★★★★ The Skinny
'A very enjoyable show that takes its silliness to the extreme.' ★★★★ Edinburgh Festivals Magazine
‘Eccentric, energetic, and hilarious … Minnitt’s comedic timing and delivery are impeccable ... an excellent piece of character comedy.’★★★★ Lost in Theatreland
‘A massively enjoyable romp.'★★★★ Three Weeks
‘One of the great characters in recent live comedy … wickedly relevant to young women’s lives today.’ The Guardian
‘A star-making performance of extraordinary charisma and energy, taking Liz Kingsman’s One Woman Show into frenetic, Day-Glo territory. It’s easy to see why the show is still gaining momentum and audiences over a year after its debut.’ Tim Harding’s Comedy Diary, Chortle
15 & 16 Jan - BATH, Theatre Royal (Ustinov Studio) https://www.theatreroyal.org.uk/events/clementine/
23 & 24 Jan - MOLD, Theatr Clwyd (Weston Studio) https://www.theatrclwyd.com/event/clementine
14 Feb - WOLVERHAMPTON, Arena Theatre https://wlv.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/event-categories/126495395
28 Feb - BOWNESS Old Laundry Theatre [to be renamed The Victoria Wood Theatre in January 2026] https://www.oldlaundrytheatre.co.uk/event/19612/
14 Mar - BEVERLEY, East Riding Theatre https://www.eastridingtheatre.co.uk/clementine/
21 Mar - GUILDFORD Yvonne Arnaud Theatre (Mill Theatre Studio) https://www.yvonne-arnaud.co.uk/whats-on/clementine
11 Apr - NOTTINGHAM, Nottingham Playhouse (Neville Studio) https://nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/events/clementine/
17 & 18 & Apr - BUXTON, Buxton Crescent Heritage Trust https://buxtoncrescentexperience.com/tour/clementine-regency-17th-18th-april-2026/
9 May - COLCHESTER Mercury (Studio) https://www.mercurytheatre.co.uk/event/clementine/
15 & 16 May - BIRMINGHAM, Birmingham Rep (The Door) https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on/rosalie-minnitt-clementine/
30 May - SUFFOLK, Thorington Theatre https://www.thoringtontheatre.co.uk/events
7 Jun - CARDIFF Wales Millenium Centre, (Weston Studio) https://www.wmc.org.uk/en/whats-on/2026/clementine
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Liebenspiel is a comedy production company run by comedians Benjamin Alborough and Ellie BW. They champion alternative comedy and work with the brightest rising comedy stars in the country. Rosalie Minnit's Clementine is Liebenspiel's debut UK tour.
They produce the Weekend of Weird at the Brighton Spiegeltent and Bedlam Late at the Edinburgh Fringe, as well as a week of shows at The Kings Head Theatre and the comedy offering at Camp Wildfire in 2024. They are recipients of Phoebe Waller Bridge's Keep It Fringe fund and produced seven shows at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe including big debuts at the Pleasance and established comedy formats at Assembly, alongside Bedlam Late - for which they were nominated for a Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality.
It is the mission of Ellie and Ben to marry their connections within the deep, mysterious underbelly of UK alternative comedy to their backgrounds in the world of professional theatre in order to create exciting, popular, completely unique comedy theatre work.
