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August
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12 years after its last appearance at The Calgary Fringe, this delightful solo musical is heading back to delight her Albertan fans.
Flushed by 13 years of sold out successes from
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12 years after its last appearance at The Calgary Fringe, this delightful solo musical is heading back to delight her Albertan fans.
Flushed by 13 years of sold out successes from Edinburgh to Sydney to Toronto comes New Zealander Miss Ashton’s collaboration with Jane Austen (deceased). Join Elspeth as she battles literary snobbery, cousin Horatio’s digestions and her mother’s nerves, armed only with a blushing countenance, excellent ukulele skills and being quite bright, you know… for a girl.
In this hilarious, one-(freakishly talented)-woman show, Penny tackles all of Austen’s characters with song, dance and appalling cross-stitching.
Having been performed over 600 times, Promise and Promiscuity is a shiny polished ball with a veritable slew of awards and glowing reviews in its musical bonnet.
Booking Info and times TBC.
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ATCO Performing Arts Centre
1371 Hastings Crescent SE
September
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Sicily’s beloved King Enzo is dead. Now Princess Rosa, a stroppy spinster, must navigate the tempestuous waters of belching Step Fathers, lusty suitors, popping cod pieces and menopausal
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Sicily’s beloved King Enzo is dead. Now Princess Rosa, a stroppy spinster, must navigate the tempestuous waters of belching Step Fathers, lusty suitors, popping cod pieces and menopausal witches, to face her destiny.
Award Winning Comedian Penny Ashton (Promise and Promiscuity, Olive Copperbottom, Austen Found) presents her latest literary solo musical with this Shakespearean frolic. She’ll spark 11 characters into life in an Elizabethan tale of magic, meddling and puffed bull’s puzzles. She cannot wait to set off in her Arts on Tour carriage all over Aotearoa’s beautiful landscapes.
”Masterful ‘shrewd comedy’ a tempestuous triumph…a phenomenal play.” The Post
Booking info to come on the Arts on Tour Website: https://www.aotnz.co.nz/touring-now/
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October
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Sicily’s beloved King Enzo is dead. Now Princess Rosa, a stroppy spinster, must navigate the tempestuous waters of belching Step Fathers, lusty suitors, popping cod pieces and menopausal
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Sicily’s beloved King Enzo is dead. Now Princess Rosa, a stroppy spinster, must navigate the tempestuous waters of belching Step Fathers, lusty suitors, popping cod pieces and menopausal witches, to face her destiny.
Award Winning Comedian Penny Ashton (Promise and Promiscuity, Olive Copperbottom, Austen Found) presents her latest literary solo musical with this Shakespearean frolic. She’ll spark 11 characters into life in an Elizabethan tale of magic, meddling and puffed bull’s puzzles. She cannot wait to set off in her Arts on Tour carriage all over Aotearoa’s beautiful landscapes.
”Masterful ‘shrewd comedy’ a tempestuous triumph…a phenomenal play.” The Post
Booking info to come on the Arts on Tour Website: https://www.aotnz.co.nz/touring-now/
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November
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Sicily’s beloved King Enzo is dead. Now Princess Rosa, a stroppy spinster, must navigate the tempestuous waters of belching Step Fathers, lusty suitors, popping cod pieces and menopausal
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Sicily’s beloved King Enzo is dead. Now Princess Rosa, a stroppy spinster, must navigate the tempestuous waters of belching Step Fathers, lusty suitors, popping cod pieces and menopausal witches, to face her destiny.
Award Winning Comedian Penny Ashton (Promise and Promiscuity, Olive Copperbottom, Austen Found) presents her latest literary solo musical with this Shakespearean frolic. She’ll spark 11 characters into life in an Elizabethan tale of magic, meddling and puffed bull’s puzzles. She cannot wait to set off in her Arts on Tour carriage all over Aotearoa’s beautiful landscapes.
”Masterful ‘shrewd comedy’ a tempestuous triumph…a phenomenal play.” The Post
Booking info to come on the Arts on Tour Website: https://www.aotnz.co.nz/touring-now/
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Huzzah! It’s Jane Austen’s 251st birthday bonanza and you’re invited to the ball of the season as Austen Found returns to its birthplace of Wellington. Join Penny Ashton
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Huzzah! It’s Jane Austen’s 251st birthday bonanza and you’re invited to the ball of the season as Austen Found returns to its birthplace of Wellington. Join Penny Ashton (Promise & Promiscuity, Olive Copperbottom, The Tempestuous, Sense and Sensibility), Lori Dungey (LOTR, M3GAN, The Dinner Tra-la-la) and marvelous musical maestro Jamie Burgess, (K Rd Strip) as they swoon, laugh and romp through an entirely improvised Austenian Musical.
Charming suitors, meddlesome mothers, tight breeches and surprisingly well-educated girls will all paint a vivid picture in song, dance and passionate handholding. Are you addicted to Darcy? Bonkers for big balls? Lost all sense and sensibility? Then best be booking with haste. Rated: PG 14
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December
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Huzzah! It’s Jane Austen’s 251st birthday bonanza and you’re invited to the ball of the season as Austen Found returns to its birthplace of Wellington. Join Penny Ashton
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Huzzah! It’s Jane Austen’s 251st birthday bonanza and you’re invited to the ball of the season as Austen Found returns to its birthplace of Wellington. Join Penny Ashton (Promise & Promiscuity, Olive Copperbottom, The Tempestuous, Sense and Sensibility), Lori Dungey (LOTR, M3GAN, The Dinner Tra-la-la) and marvelous musical maestro Jamie Burgess, (K Rd Strip) as they swoon, laugh and romp through an entirely improvised Austenian Musical.
Charming suitors, meddlesome mothers, tight breeches and surprisingly well-educated girls will all paint a vivid picture in song, dance and passionate handholding. Are you addicted to Darcy? Bonkers for big balls? Lost all sense and sensibility? Then best be booking with haste. Rated: PG 14
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