The novel Pride and Prejudice retains the fascination of modern readers, consistently appearing near the top of lists of "most-loved books" among both literary scholars and the general public. This version written by Jon Jory in 2005 has all of the wit and romance of Jane Austen's classic 1813 novel come to life—in a refreshing fast-paced and engaging new adaptation.

"Jory gets the entire story told without either cramming the script with detail or omitting anything crucial."
James Reel, Tucson Weekly

"While he [Jory] has cleverly crafted a narrative structure where everyone moves the plot forward with description and commentary and has shrunk the novel's regiment of characters to a core of 23 performed by 14 actors, he has also done everything he can to remain true to Austen's prose, which is why this evening is a treat not only for fans of Austen's work such as I, but a great entree for the uninitiated to discover the world of Mr. Bennet and his five daughters."
Mark Turvin, Back Stage Newspapers

Alexandra completed a Bachelor of Performing Arts at BAPA in 1999. Since then she has appeared a few times on screen; participated in various fringe festival shows as either: writer, director, actor and costume or mask designer. She has also experimented with anonymous theatre, immersive theatre and produced the short film Sine which made it to the final of Tropfest.

Alexandra works as a simulated patient for the Royal Women’s Hospital and University of Melbourne and coordinates actors for Deakin University. She teaches Speech and Drama at Ballarat Centre of Music & the Arts (link out to https://www.facebook.com/ballaratcentreofmusicandthearts/); Damascus College & Ballarat Grammar.
Alexandra has been involved with the following BNT productions:
2013 - Eileen in One Boy's War
2014 - assistant director to Mary-Rose McLaren for Social Tales
2015 - co-director with Peter Nethercote for Who Remembers The Great War
2015 - Molly in The Female of the Species
2016 - director of Little Women
2017 - director of Much Ado About Shakespeare
2017 - Daisy in Daisy Pulls It Off
In 2015, Alexandra & cofounder Mary-Rose McLaren started a choral speaking choir which performed in Ballarat National Theatres’ Who Remembers the Great War?, Ballarat Laneways Festival with The Raven and the witches from Macbeth, at Clunes Book Week & most recently at the Royal South Street Society Competitions. Both are now involved in Mad Swan Productions (link out to https://madswanproductions.com/) which has a vision to create art, (be that theatre, film or installation art), that addresses social and political issues and generates discussions within communities to bring about change. Their latest production Chatroom was funded by the City of Ballarat in 2016.