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Penn Jillette

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Penny Ashton: A tale of two nuptials

If you were around at last year's Fringe, you might have noticed the triumphant return to the Fringe of Ms Penny Ashton, following an absence of an interminably long decade.

Penny Ashton, ThreeWeeks, 21st July 2016

BWW Q&A - Penny Arcade

BWW speaks to Penny Arcade about her 2016 Edinburgh Fringe show Longing Lasts Longer.

Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 21st July 2016

Interview: Penny Arcade

Last year Longing Lasts Longer by Penny Arcade was a huge hit at The Soho Theatre, this year it travels to Edinburgh in collaboration with The Soho Theatre and London Artists Projects. It's hilarious, lively and gloriously queer, whilst candidly discussing the problematic issue of gentrification. This week LGBTQ Arts' Amie Taylor ran a quick fire Q and A with Penny to find out about her latest piece.

Amie Taylor, The LGBTQ Arts Review, 21st July 2016

Jeremy Lloyd died penniless, documents reveal

The successful screenwriter and actor who was once married to Joanna Lumley left a net estate of nil after his outstanding affairs were settled.

Mark Jefferies, The Mirror, 27th October 2015

Penny Arcade interview (Link expired)

New York's sassy, scarlet-haired senior citizen has a lot to talk about in her witty, funny new show, writes Jackie McGlone.

Jackie McGlone, WOW247, 10th August 2015

Stewart Francis: Stew penned this

Stewart Francis will rock up at the Assembly Rooms this Fringe with his show 'Pun Gent'. In anticipation of what's to come, we handed him a pen and surveyed what followed.

ThreeWeeks, 29th July 2015

Penny Ashton: With a little help from Ms Austen

We've been covering this here Edinburgh Fringe for a long time, we may have mentioned that already. And over the last twenty years, thousands of performers have debuted, become Fringe regulars, and then, in many cases, moved on. But sometimes our former favourites pop back, and there is much rejoicing.

Chris Cooke, The Public Reviews, 29th July 2015

Interview: Penny Ashton

There's numerous Jane Austen related shows at this year's Fringe (aren't there ever?) Not all of them, though, can boast a relation to one of her most famous characters. At least that's what Penny Ashton, writer and star of the affectionately mocking musical Promise and Promiscuity tells us she is. When we interviewed her, we had to ask...

TV Bomb, 20th July 2015

Festival interview: Penny Arcade

Icon of 60s underground scene Penny Arcade talks the death of New York City.

Neil Cooper, The List, 1st July 2015

The Penny Dreadfuls: Macbeth is a load of rubbish

David Reed from the troupe explains how The Scottish Play doesn't tell the full story and how his Radio 4 version is closer to the truth.

David Reed, Radio Times, 13th December 2014

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