Olive Copperbottom: A Dickensian Tale of Love, Gin and the Pox

Celebrating ten years of Olive Copperbottom. Penny Ashton brings Dickensian inspired orphaned hero Olive, and a squalid gaggle of hilarious Victorians, to crusty life. A rollicking romantic musical journey through fifteen gin-soaked characters told with song, dance and questionable personal hygiene. It’s Oliver! meets Blackadder with a saucy feminine twist.

Ashton’s “...tour-de-force...”( Theatreview) won the Press Critic’s ‘Iron Chicken award for best indoor show at the Christchurch International Buskers’ Festival 2018, Best Overall Show at the Victoria Fringe in Canada 2017 and it sold out its appearances at the Nelson Festival in 2018 weeks before it began.