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Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Location	Auckland, New Zealand
Introduction	Since abandoning a career in ballet due to a pesky need to eat, Penny Ashton is fast making a name for herself as a global poet and comedienne. She has been nominated five times as Best Female Comedienne in New Zealand, twice for a Billy T James Award, once for the People’s Choice Award at the Adelaide Fringe Festival and has received an Honourable Mention at the Wellington Fringe Awards for Best Comedy. One day she hopes to win something. She has performed in numerous NZ Festivals and has travelled to both the Edinburgh and Adelaide Fringe Festivals. Her Hot Pink Festival persona has been a critical and commercial success and has prompted invites to perform in Singapore, London, Australia, Germany and Scotland. In 2006 Penny also represented New Zealand in The World Cup of Theatresports in Germany, toured the performance poetry circuit in the UK and then represented Australasia in the Four Continents Slam UK Poetry Tour in December. In 2007 her brand new show Hot Pink Bits was a total sell-out at the Wellington Fringe.