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Commandants Dinner & Show: Exploring Norfolk's Colourful History with Food and Entertainment
3.9
36 Ratings
Paradise Hotel & Resort
The Commandant’s Dinner is a fun evening which explores Norfolk’s rich and colourful history. It includes a 3 course dinner and entertainment.
The Commandant’s Dinner is a fun evening which explores Norfolk’s rich and colourful history. It includes a 3 course dinner and entertainment.
Duration:
3 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
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Norfolk Island - This factual yet fun dinner theatre is a great way to learn about Norfolk’s history. The cast of actors will take you on an entertaining journey back in time. Listen to the Commandants’ stories about the notorious Convict Settlements on Norfolk Island and how the convicts were treated by sadists and reformers alike.
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Norfolk Island - This factual yet fun dinner theatre is a great way to learn about Norfolk’s history. The cast of actors will take you on an entertaining journey back in time. Listen to the Commandants’ stories about the notorious Convict Settlements on Norfolk Island and how the convicts were treated by sadists and reformers alike.
Listen to a chilling recall of one of the infamous rebellions. Marvel at how the Commandants and their families adapted to life in a Norfolk Island penal colony, recreating a little piece of England in the Pacific. Explore their great challenges, impressive successes and shameful secrets.
Our venue has created a special three-course dinner menu of traditional English fare to compliment the theatrical setting. Hearty, wholesome, British tucker - fortunately prepared by free men in a modern kitchen not a poor convict over a wood stove!
The Commandants’ Dinner is a night of great entertainment, delectable food and loads of fun. Make it a “must” for your itinerary!!
What's Included
- Dinner
- Tour escort/host
- Live entertainment
- Local taxes
- Dinner
- Tour escort/host
- Live entertainment
- Local taxes
What's Not Included
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Gratuities
- Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code is smart casual
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Guests must visit the Baunti Tours office in Burnt Pine prior to the tour to exchange their voucher for a Baunti ticket and get final tour details.
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code is smart casual
- Please advise any specific dietary requirements at time of booking
- Guests must visit the Baunti Tours office in Burnt Pine prior to the tour to exchange their voucher for a Baunti ticket and get final tour details.
Location
Paradise Hotel & Resort
Queen Elizabeth Avenue
27 Queen Elizabeth Avenue
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.9
(36 Ratings)
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Wendyf241
Oct 24, 2024
Awesome experience - What an awesome night. History delivered through a fun presentation accompanied by a delicious dinner. Great interaction between the actors and the guests.
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Wendy_k
Aug 22, 2024
Highly Recommended show and dinner. - Excellent show. Very informative in a light hearted and funny performance. The interactive dinner with the actors was a nice addition.
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Connector724761
May 2, 2024
Norfolk Island history presented with a touch of humor and a good dinner. - A wonderful evening. The two commandants and Miss Clair Voiant kept us entertained as they told us about their past in the 1800's and threw in a few jokes to add to the already happy evening. Soup, roast pork & vegies with pasta & rice and finished with sticky date pudding & ice-cream was a most enjoyable dinner. The venue was pleasant with adequate room for the actors to move around the tables and sit with the audience. If you love Norfolk Island history, a few smutty jokes and a good meal then it's a must. I enjoyed the evening.
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Maw334
Nov 19, 2023
Commandant sat next to me - We enjoyed this step back in time and the manner in which it involves everyone in the room. The dinner was enjoyable, and the atmosphere was engaging.
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Klmitchell41
Jul 16, 2023
Great dinner and show. - Well produced,excellent actors who sat with us to answer our questions during each course.Very informative.
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Lindacraw4d
Jul 9, 2023
Well worth doing - This was a funny night. The guys playing the roles were great and carried off their parts very well. The meal was great and this one is well worth doing
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198ruthh
Nov 22, 2024
Fun night - A bit of history relating to the times of the penal colony, with a tasty dinner & a lot of jokes, some better than others. Fun night.
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Helen
Nov 14, 2023
History presented in an entertaining way! - The four actors were entertaining, some of their humour was a bit bawdy but all in good fun and an interesting presentation of some of Norfolk Island’s convict history. A 3 course meal but could be described as quite ordinary. Soup served for entree. Then the main course served buffet style.
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Passport790536
Dec 19, 2023
Certainly not the best. - My wife and I booked this on our first day on Norfolk Island as a 'must do' After our experience I would rate it as a 'must not do'. We expected more for the price of $95 each. In summary the 'show' was mostly a string of crude innuendos. The meal was disappointing. The main course was supposed to be a roast dinner but fell short of that, being fatty beef slices accompanied by what I assumed were canned mixed vegetables; all served up on cold plates.
There were supposed to be three commandant actors - we only had two, with some of the third actor's dialogue being read from a script. I am an ex Navy person so I am used to bawdy language, but I must confess that at times I was embarrassed to be there.
This was not one of the tours/events of our trip to NI that we wish to remember.
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Z2784ofdavidb
Jan 10, 2024
Show? What show? AVOID! - Without doubt the worst thing we have ever sat through. Three performers - you'd never call them actors - staggering through a meandering list of historical trivia, "umms" and "aahs" everywhere because they can't remember the lines, sprinkled with overworked non-jokes along the lines of "the Commandant's wife never liked an early morning cock". All three laugh at their own jokes and think they're hilarious. They're not. Done in a bland hotel function hall with no sound, no lighting, no set, cheap badly-fitted costumes and zero atmosphere. Also features a narrator who for some reason ISN'T in costume like the others, and wanders around in a caftan with a book prompting them as they all forget what they're doing. It looks exactly like what it is - a very tired tourist gimmick for a captive audience screwed out of $100 in advance, who then have to buy overpriced cheap wine from the venue. And when you think it can't possibly get any worse, the food - the soup could have been anything, meat tough as an old boot, canned gravy and tinned veggies. We escaped before dessert. This embarrassment desperately needs a writer, a real script, genuine humour, a director with imagination, some (any) attempt at production values and actors who actually know how to deliver lines rather than C-grade amateurs. I've seen pre-school shows with more cred than this garbage. Excruciatingly bad - AVOID.
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