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- Penny Ashton - Funny As Interview
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- NZ On Screen
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- NZ On Screen
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She always thought she'd become an actor — but comedy poet Penny Ashton says poetry "chose" her. Ashton has toured her solo shows around the world, and in this Funny As interview she covers a range of topics, including: Being a cabaret act — doing a mix of poetry, songs and comedy — and lamenting that there’s less cabaret around in New Zealand than there used to be Producing Rhys Darby’s first solo show and Paolo Rotondo's play Little Che, and meeting poet Pam Ayres Representing New Zealand ...
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- Video
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- https://www.nzonscreen.com/interviews/funny-as-penny-ashton-2019
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- scared scriptless / theatresports / improv / rhys darby / skit / sketch / the classic / poetry / performance poetry / stand-up / lotto ad / spleen / radar / te radar / jesse griffin / duncan sarkies / aaron watson / cabaret / cabaret act / carol burnett / musicals / the court theatre / court theatre / kevin smith / mark hadlow / rhys darby and the time machine / paolo rotondo / taika waititi / little che / billy t award / pam ayres / opportunity knocks / the hot pink poet / poetry slam / poetry idol / jack of all trades / rob tapert / the court / the court jesters / character / new zealand improv festival / austen found / promise and promiscuity / ben crowther / edinburgh fringe / adelaide fringe / street performance / buskers festival / 7 days / rose matafeo / me too / #metoo / classic comedy club / improvisation / nz improv festival / seven days / looping / sexism / prejudice
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