Adrienne Truscott - Asking For It

Adrienne Truscott - Asking For It

Adrienne Truscott, a one-lady rape about comedy starring her pussy and little else

Adrienne undoes the rules and rhetoric about rape and comedy and the space in between.

LAUGHING STOCK PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT
ASKING FOR IT

Adrienne Truscott, one-half of the infamous Wau Wau Sisters, dressed only from the waist up and ankles down, undoes the rules and rhetoric about rape and comedy and the space in between.

The Edinburgh season of Asking For It left critics and audiences alike reeling. With commentary from George Carlin, Louis C. K. and Robert De Niro, she takes on polka-dots, pussy-puppets, mini-skirts, rape whistles, Daniel Tosh, Rick Ross and enough gin and tonics and bad behavior to get a girl in trouble.

Heavy at its core, this piece is light on its feet and easy on the eye and Adrienne plans to make jokes about rape, all night long, even if you tell her to stop.

If her behavior suggests that she’s ‘asking for it’ then common folly dictates that we already know the ‘finale’ to this show. Confronting the audience with this possible arc, she mixes stand-up, video, nudity and some whimsical dance while undoing and doing in the rules and rhetoric about rape, comedy and the brilliant, awful (or awkward) laughs when the two collide.

Adrienne Truscott is a choreographer, circus acrobat, dancer, writer and as of late, comedian. She has been making genre-straddling work in New York City and abroad for over 15 years and has performed at the Brisbane Festival, Edinburgh, Adelaide, Melbourne Comedy, Brighton and Perth Fringe Festivals, as well as the Sydney Opera House, and many other iconic venues. She has worked with cult cabaret legends Kiki and Herb, Meow Meow, and John Cameron Mitchell (Shortbus).

In the Wau Wau Sisters, she has thrilled Australian audiences at Le Clique and La Soiree and their own genre-defining evening-length shows for the past few years. Asking For It is an extraordinary next step.

"An exhilarating hour… firecracker wit, sophistication and luminous humanity" - The Guardian (UK)

“A brilliantly bold and thoroughly engaging provocation" - The Times (UK)

"Brutal, brilliant & brave… This is without doubt the most powerful hour of comedy" - Scotsman (UK)

“If you missed this show then you missed the Fringe” - The Skinny (UK)

The Guardian
The Skinny
Three Weeks
Time Out
Broadway Baby
SMH
The List
The Times
The Scotsman
Beat
Rip It Up
The Age

As part of the 2015 NZ International Comedy Festival in cahoots with Old Mout Cider, for some great laughs, grab your favourite people and join us from 24 April - 17 May.

For the full line-up of shows in the Festival head to comedyfestival.co.nz

ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT – ASKING FOR IT
Auckland
Dates: Saturday 25 April, Tuesday 28 April – Saturday 2 May. 10pm
Venue: The Basement Studio, Lower Greys Avenue, Auckland
Tickets: $24 - $32 (booking fees apply)
Bookings: 0508 iTICKET (484 253) // basementtheatre.co.nz

ADRIENNE TRUSCOTT – ASKING FOR IT
Wellington
Dates: Tuesday 5 – Saturday 9 May, 8.30pm
Venue: Fringe Bar, Allen Street, Wellington
Tickets: $24 - $32 (booking fees apply)
Bookings: 0800 TICKETEK (842 538)// ticketek.co.nz

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