The Tempestuous

A Shrew’d New Comedy by Will Shakespeare and Penny Ashton

Arts on Tour favourite Penny Ashton is back for her 5th tour, and this time she’s skewering the Bard Himself. Sicily’s beloved King Enzo is dead. Now Princess Rosa, a stroppy spinster, must navigate the tempestuous waters of belching stepfathers, lusty suitors, popping cod pieces and menopausal witches, to face her destiny. Award Winning Comedian Penny Ashton, creator and star of smash hits Promise and Promiscuity, Olive Copperbottom and 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.

“Incredibly clever, the script is just so smart.” Radio NZ

“Masterful ‘shrewd comedy’ a tempestuous triumph…a phenomenal play.” The Post

“Surely at some point we get to call Penny Ashton a national treasure?” Flat City Field Notes

“Phenomenal energy, vivacity, versatility, inventiveness and humour.” Theatreview