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RIOTOUS ⦿ WITTY ⦿ VIVACIOUS
COMEDY ⦿ MUSIC ⦿ AOTEAROA
PROMISE AND PROMISCUITY
BY JANE AUSTEN AND PENNY ASHTON
5 August – 13 August 2023
Breeches, Bonnets And Big Balls!
After ten years of rapturous performances, Penny Ashton's Promise & Promiscuity is celebrating by heading to all its favourite venues. Having recently wowed Palmerston North with Olive Copperbottom, Ashton is back and can't wait to jump about with excitement in Centrepoint once more.
Follow the fortunes of Miss Elspeth Slowtree as she battles literary snobbery, her mother's nerves and Cousin Horatio's digestions, all armed with a superior wit, excellent ukulele skills 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.
Penny Ashton (Winner of 2018's World Buskers Festival's Iron Chicken and Best Theatre at the Adelaide Fringe) is NZ's own global comedienne having performed over 1000 solo shows all over the world. In 2021, she also made the most of lockdown by launching her own menopause podcast Showy Ovaries.
OPENING NIGHT FUNDRAISER
20% of all profits and 50% of merchandise money to Te Ha o Hine-ahu-one; Palmerston North Women’s Health Collective.
TICKETS
Adult • $36
Concession* • $33
Dinner + Show • $86
*Seniors and Community Services Cardholders. Valid I.D. is required.
Please be aware that tickets are non-refundable. Any tickets for exchange must be returned to Centrepoint Theatre at least two days prior to the performance date. Under no circumstances will tickets be exchanged after the performance date.
CAST AND CREATIVES
Written by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton
Starring Penny Ashton
VENUE
Centrepoint Theatre
280 Church Street, Palmerston North
PERFORMANCES
Wednesday • 6.30PM
Thursday • 7.30PM
Friday • 7.30PM
Saturday • 7.30PM
Sunday • 4PM
Opening Night • Saturday 5 August
Closing Night • Sunday 13 August
REVIEWS
"PRIDE AND PREJUDICE GONE WILD IN THE BEST WAY" ★★★★★
- Rip It Up
"A DELIGHT" ★★★★★
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
"SPARKLING" ★★★★
- The Scotsman
Best Theatre, Week Three – Adelaide Fringe
Touring Production of the Year – Dunedin Theatre Awards
Best Solo Show – Victoria Fringe, Canada