Olive Copperbottom – Arts on Tour NZ

Thu 19 Apr, 7:30pm, Open Hat Night!

Following the sold out global successes of Promise and Promiscuity,Penny Ashton (Radio NZ The Panel, Hot Pink Bits swaps Austen for Dickens and brings orphaned hero Olive, and a squalid gaggle of Victorian characters to pox-ridden London life.

Will Olive find a family amongst the brothels, toffs and gruel? Or will Mrs Sourtart break her heart as well as her teeth? One woman portrays 15 characters in an hilarious musical journey that will fulfil your greatest expectations and be the best of times and well … the best of times.

“very very good…very very funny.” Radio NZ National“

“I rarely resort to the accolade ‘tour de force’ but here it is entirely appropriate.” Theatreview

“Her vitality and drive is relentless.”The Dominion Post