Hot Pink Bits at Auckland Comedy Fest

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Media Release February 2007
HOT PINK BITS
Everything You Never Wanted to Know……

Prasie for HOT PINK BITS Wellington 2007 – TOTALLY SOLD OUT SEASON!!!
“….this polished and confidently performed show takes an irreverent look at sex that is far from dirty and very, very funny.” Dominion Post

“…Hot Pink Bits is cheerfully irreligious, and delightfully disrespectful of politicians, celebrities and many other desperate wannabes. The full spectrum of perversion is delicately sampled, with a wit that is sharp without ever being cruel.” Scoop

“Ashton was a ball of confident energy; singing, dancing, mincing and prancing her way around the stage and up into the audience.”
Lumiere.net.nz

Wellington Fringe Awards – Honorable Mention Best Comedy for Hot Pink Bits

Whatever happened to Divine Brown? Can a phone sex operator get RSI? Do people really have sex through a pizza? Frustrated you can’t look any of this up on your work computer? Then Hot Pink Bits is the show for you.

That’s right everyone’s favourite dirty girl Penny Ashton is back, and at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival 2007, she’s naughtier than ever. For her brand spanking new show Penny has trawled the ins and…outs of the international sex industry and will tell you all about the lives of the she’s, he’s, and she-males that make a living in the world’s oldest profession.

Resplendent in a hot pink corset and strung up in fishnets, Ashton will sing, dance and pontificate on porn, prostitutes and Lockwood Smith in a burlesque-esque romp through the kickers of the global sex trade. There’ll be a group orgasm, a guest porn-star and a very sexy stripper. Songs will be reinvented, fetishes will be indulged and Nana will need a lie down. But of course it will all be done…in the best POSSIBLE taste.

Hot Pink Bits debuted at the Christchurch Busker’s Festival in January where it was the theatrical hit of the festival attracting huge crowds. From there it toured to the Wellington Fringe and a completely sold-out run at Bats Theatre.

Penny Ashton is New Zealand’s own global comedienne who has been making a splash on the world stage since 2002. She has two Billy T nominations, five Best Female Comedienne nominations, one Adelaide Fringe People’s Choice nomination and one Honourable Mention from The Wellington Fringe Festival Awards.

One day she hopes to win something.

Praise for her previous shows:
“…astonishingly good..” Adelaide Advertiser 2006
“"...hysterical from beginning to end...a wild ride." Rip It Up - Adelaide 2006
"….this is a perfect night out for anyone who loves women...." Three Weeks - Edinburgh 2005 - 

Ashton has performed all over New Zealand and in Canada, USA, Singapore, London, Australia, Germany and Scotland. In 2006, Penny represented New Zealand in The World Cup of Theatresports in Germany and Australasia in a Performance Poetry Slam Tournament Tour of the UK. She is a regular on National Radio, Breakfast TV and at the bar. She drinks sav blanc.

More of her global exploits and achievements can be read at www.hotpink.co.nz and www.myspace.com/hotpinkpennyashton.

Her HOT PINK BITS can be seen:
May 14th – 19th, 8pm, The Classic Studio, Level One, 321 Queen St, Book at Ticketek on (09) 307 5000 or www.ticketek.co.nz or at the Classic on (09) 373 4321
June 5th – 9th, 8pm, Return Season by DEMAND,The Harbour Light Theatre, London St, Lyttleton, Christchurch, Book on (03) 3288615 or www.harbourlight.co.nz

Hot Pink Bits – All Singing, All Dancing and ………All WRONG!
R18, Content WILL Offend

Thanks to DVice Shops for their kind support of HOT PINK BITS!

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