Adrienne Truscott
American stand-up comedian
Adrienne Truscott | |
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| Occupation(s) | Choreographer, dancer, stand-up comedian |
| Website | www |
Adrienne Truscott is a choreographer, dancer, and stand-up comedian. She won the Edinburgh Comedy Awards Panel Prize[1] and Malcolm Hardee Award for Comic Originality at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival Fringe for her show Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One Lady Rape About Comedy. Originally part of a burlesque duo, The Wau Wau Sisters, Asking For It was her first solo comedy show.[2] She also received a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2017).[3]
Truscott's show …Too Freedom… premiered at The Kitchen in December 2012.[4]
In 2017, she was appointed as one of three Fringe Ambassadors for the Adelaide Fringe.[5]
Truscott is a 1994 graduate of Wesleyan University.[6]
References
- ^ "Edinburgh Comedy Awards Panel Prize". Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Retrieved 16 Jun 2015.
- ^ Spring, Alexandra (14 Jan 2015). "Adrienne Truscott: nudity is a very inexpensive and effective costume". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 Jun 2015.
- ^ "Adrienne Truscott :: Foundation for Contemporary Arts". www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ La Rocco, Claudia (December 10, 2012). "Ennobling Many Forms of Work and Creation". The New York Times.
- ^ Staff Writer, Arts Review (3 October 2016). "Adelaide Fringe Announces 2017 Ambassadors". Arts Review. Byte Media. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ "Wesconnect - Wesleyan University Alumni - Truscott '94 performs show on rape discourse". Wesleyan University.
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Best Comedy Show
- 1981: Cambridge Footlights (Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer)
- 1982: Writer's Inc (Gary Adams, Steve Brown, Vicki Pile, Trevor McCallum, Helen Murry, Jamie Rix, and Nick Wilton, with additional material by Kim Fuller)
- 1983: Los Trios Ringbarkus
- 1984: The Brass Band
- 1985: Theatre de Complicité
- 1986: Ben Keaton
- 1987: Brown Blues... (Arnold Brown with Barb Jungr and Michael Parker)
- 1988: Jeremy Hardy
- 1989: Simon Fanshawe
- 1990: Sean Hughes – A One Night Stand
- 1991: Frank Skinner
- 1992: Steve Coogan – In Character with John Thomson
- 1993: Lee Evans
- 1994: Lano and Woodley
- 1995: Jenny Eclair – Prozac & Tantrums
- 1996: Dylan Moran – Dylan Moran Is Indisposed
- 1997: The League of Gentlemen
- 1998: Tommy Tiernan – Undivine Comedy
- 1999: Al Murray as The Pub Landlord – And a Glass of White Wine for the Lady
- 2000: Rich Hall – Otis Lee Crenshaw
- 2001: Garth Marenghi's Netherhead (Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade and Alice Lowe)
- 2002: Daniel Kitson – Something
- 2003: Demetri Martin – If I...
- 2004: Will Adamsdale – Jackson's Way
- 2005: Laura Solon – Kopfraper's Syndrome
- 2006: Phil Nichol – The Naked Racist
- 2007: Brendon Burns – So I Suppose THIS Is Offensive Now
- 2008: David O'Doherty – Let's Comedy
- 2009: Tim Key – The Slutcracker
- 2010: Russell Kane – Smokescreens and Castles
- 2011: Adam Riches – Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches
- 2012: Doctor Brown – Befrdfgth
- 2013: Bridget Christie – A Bic for Her
- 2014: John Kearns – Shtick
- 2015: Sam Simmons – Spaghetti for Breakfast
- 2016: Richard Gadd – Monkey See Monkey Do
- 2017: Hannah Gadsby – Nanette & John Robins – The Darkness of Robins
- 2018: Rose Matafeo – Horndog
- 2019: Jordan Brookes – I've Got Nothing
- 2022: Sam Campbell – Comedy Show
- 2023: Ahir Shah – Ends
Best Newcomer
1992: Harry Hill – Flies! 1993: Dominic Holland – Red Hot Dutch with Dominic 1994: Scott Capurro – Risk Gay 1995: Tim Vine – The Tim Vine Fiasco 1996: Milton Jones – The Head 1997: Arj Barker – Arj Barker's Letter to America 1998: The Mighty Boosh (Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and Rich Fulcher) 1999: Ben'n'Arn's Big Top (Ben Willbond and Arnold Widdowson) 2000: Noble and Silver 2001: Garth Cruickshank & Eddie McCabe – Let's Have a Right Royal Shambles 2002: The Consultants – Finger in the Wind 2003: Gary Le Strange – Polaroid Suitcase 2004: Wil Hodgson – The Passion of the Hodgson 2005: Tim Minchin – Dark Side 2006: Josie Long – Kindness & Exuberance 2007: Tom Basden – Won't Say Anything 2008: Sarah Millican – Sarah Millican's Not Nice 2009: Jonny Sweet – Mostly About Arthur 2010: Roisin Conaty – Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar 2011: Humphrey Ker – Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher 2012: Daniel Simonsen – Champions 2013: John Kearns – Sight Gags For Perverts 2014: Alex Edelman – Millennial 2015: Sofie Hagen – Bubblewrap 2016: Scott Gibson – Life After Death 2017: Natalie Palamides – LAID 2018: Ciarán Dowd – Don Rodolfo 2019: Catherine Cohen – The Twist? She's Gorgeous 2022: Lara Ricote – GRL/LATNX/DEF 2023: Urooj Ashfaq – Oh No!
Panel Prize
2006: Mark Watson 2007: Arthur Smith – Arturart 2008: All the performers 2009: Peter Buckley Hill – Peter Buckley Hill Free Fringe 2010: Bo Burnham – Words Words Words 2011: Max & Ivan – The Wrestling 2012: The Boy With Tape On His Face – More Tape 2013: Adrienne Truscott – Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One Lady Rape About Comedy 2014: Funz and Gamez 2015: Karen Koren 2016: Iraq Out & Loud – Heroes of Fringe 2018: Angela Barnes, Sameena Zehra and Pauline Eyre – Home Safe Collective 2019: Fringe of Colour 2022: Best in Class 2023: A Show for Gareth Richards
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