The resplendent Regency-era world of Bridgerton has touched down in Brunswick for an immersive event where anyone can be the belle of the ball. Starring an all-Australian cast, it’s the first time The Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Experience has made it to Australia, after multiple stints in cities across the US and Canada. Performers take to the dance floor at The Queens Ball: A Bridgerton Experience in Melbourne.

Credit: Simon Schluter Bridgerton is currently the most watched show on Netflix worldwide, with more than 45 million views since it launched its third season last week. Kali Hovey, who became a fan reading Julia Quinn’s romantic novels before the TV series, travelled from Geelong with her husband for the opening night of the Melbourne live show wearing a blue dress and sparkling jewellery fit for the occasion. “It was just next level, to be honest,” Hovey told The Sunday Age on Saturday.

To friends, she describes Bridgerton as “a new age love story with a historical telling ...

but it has more of the pop culture of today with the music”. Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington in season three of Bridgerton. As a mega-fan with a budding Instagram following , Hovey was gifted two tickets to attend by the show’s promoters, and she bought a third for a friend.

She insisted prospective attendees did not need to try to match the Netflix show’s award-winning costume design. Performer Alexandra Vladimirov from the Bridge.