Penny is a comedienne, actress, performance poet, wedding officiant, social commentator and a jazz hand and Jane Austen enthusiast. She is a regular on radio and TV in New Zealand and on stages all over the world with her solo show Promise and Promiscuity: A New Musical by Jane Austen and Penny Ashton. #bonnetiscoming
“You seem to do a lot with Jane Austen,” my uncle wrote. “Did you know you are related to her boyfriend Thomas Langlois Lefroy? He is your fifth great uncle.”