Adrienne Truscott
- American
- Stand-up comedian and actor
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Rape performer Adrienne Truscott on a gimmick
New York-based Adrienne Truscott is performing her show at London's Soho Theatre until the end of the month. She performs naked from the waist down.
John Fleming, 21st May 2014Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It at the Soho | review
The audience initially feels uneasy, uncertain where Truscott will draw the line, but this is soon forgotten (along with the nudity), as audience members lose themselves in the subtlety and sophistication of her comedy. Highly provocative both in its message and its delivery, the show is not for everyone. You have to at least be "open to it".
Lena Anayi, The Upcoming, 17th May 2014Review: Adrienne Truscott, Soho Theatre
Show about a serious subject is acidly funny.
Veronica Lee, The Arts Desk, 16th May 2014Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It - Review
Adrienne Truscott's satirical broadside against rape culture transfers perfectly from the Fringe with firecracker wit.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 14th May 2014Sex, rape and role models - how women in comedy perform
Two performance artists in this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) - the UK's Bryony Kimmings and American Adrienne Truscott - have a certain flavour of humour: it's the knowing, self-deprecating humour of the culturally dispossessed, of survivors and victims. And yes, they're both women.
Jana Perkovic, The Conversation, 3rd April 2014Adrienne Truscott: the naked comic
She performs semi-nude and asks audiences: 'Ever been raped?' Are you ready for this brash New Yorker's brand of polemic Fringe-winning standup?
Emma Brockes, The Guardian, 1st January 2014Adrienne Truscott, comic who performs naked waist down
To be fair, the show's title had given fair warning. Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else sounds like the sort of thing you might studiously avoid in the cabaret listings of Time Out but it turned out to be a show so daring, unique and entertaining that I and my fellow judges on the Edinburgh Comedy Awards ended up giving it the Panel Prize at this year's Fringe.
Alice Jones, The Independent, 24th October 2013Adrienne Truscott interview: Rape joke culture
"In my opinion, of course yes, you can make jokes about anything, but what jokes are you gonna make?" Adrienne Truscott on what inspired her award-winning show about rape.
Emma McAlpine, Spoonfed, 17th October 2013Why feminism has never been so funny
At the Edinburgh fringe, new comedy icons Bridget Christie and Adrienne Truscott took on the F-word. I can't wait to see what they and their patriarchy-smashing pals do next.
Mathilda Gregory, The Guardian, 3rd September 2013Bridget Christie wins 2013 Edinburgh Comedy Award
Bridget Christie has won the the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award 2013. The best newcomer is John Kearns, and the panel prize goes to Adrienne Truscott.
British Comedy Guide, 24th August 2013