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PENNY ASHTON
Nationality: New Zealander
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Literary Agent: represented by Auckland Actors
Penny Ashton is a comedienne and actor and has performed both Improv and her solo comedy shows from Adelaide to Edinburgh to Gore. She too represented NZ at the World Cup in 2006 and at the ImprovagANZa in 2003 and enjoyed her 2000 stint on Shortland St as a gynaecologist.
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below is a list of Penny Ashton's plays - click on a Play Title for more information
Austen Found - the Undiscovered Musicals Of Jane Austen Promise and Promiscuity: A new Musical By Jane AustenAusten Found - the Undiscovered Musicals Of Jane Austen
Synopsis:
addicted to Darcy? Lost all Sense and Sensibility? Bonkers for Big Balls? Well put down your cross-stitching and join with auckland's Leading Improv Troupe, Conartists, as they swoon, romp, and pianoforte their way 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 hand holding.
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Notes:
concept by Penny Ashton
1st Produced:
the Drake, Freeman's Bay, Auckland 07 May 2009
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Conartists
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60 min Piece
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Male: 2 Female: 3 Other: -
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Synopsis:
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of a theatre script. . . must be in want of an audience. Charmingly accomplished Penny Ashton (Austen Found, Hot Pink Bits, Good Morning, Poetry Idol) mashes up the Regency, bonnets and big balls from February 27th. . . with alacrity! Fresh from the sell-out success of Austen Found: the Undiscovered Musicals of Jane Austen, Ashton has decided to do what no Regency woman should. . . go out alone AND completely unchaperoned, quite frankly it's scandalous. Follow the fortunes of Miss elspeth Slowtree as she battles literary snobbery, her mother's nerves and consumption, all armed with a superior wit, blushing countenance and generally being quite bright. . . you know. . . for a girl. Balls will be attended, crosses will be stitched and manners will be minded, all with not one ankle in sight. As Elizabeth Bennett herself says Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can. And so should you.
- http://www.theatreview.org.nz
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Auckland Fringe 2013. Music Written and Arranged by Robbie ellis
1st Produced:
TAPAC Theatre, Western Springs, Auckland 15 Feb 2013
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Genre:
70 min musical
Parts:
Male: - Female: - Other: -
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