Beginning in 2011 in London,[1] the original cast members took the show to the Edinburgh Festival Free Fringe in the summer of 2012.

The show also appeared at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre on 16 July 2023, and at McEwan Hall as part of the Fringe Festival from 5 to 13 August 2023.

The 9 current members perform six at a time and include: At the beginning of the show, audience members are asked to suggest a title in the 'style' of Jane Austen; past titles have included Bath to the Future (referencing both the city of Bath and the Back to the Future film) How To Court a Gent in 10 Days (a take on the film How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days), Mansfield Shark (a pun on Austen's book Mansfield Park), Strictly Come Darcy (referring to the television show Strictly Come Dancing and Austen's character Mr. Darcy), and Shelves in the Closet (a reference to Elizabeth Bennet's line in Pride and Prejudice).

[4][5][6] Austentatious was performed at the Queen's Reading Room Festival at Hampton Court Palace on 11 June 2023.

Parris and Cooke-Hodgson originated the idea of a Jane Austen themed show, and together with fellow improvisers Lloyd and Dickson, then began performing Austentatious together.