Adrienne Truscott
- American
- Stand-up comedian and actor
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Adrienne Truscott interview
The comedian has previously stunned audiences with her knickerless takedown of rape culture.
Jane Mulkerrins, The Independent, 1st August 2015Edinburgh Fringe interview: Adrienne Truscott
Your No.1 GPRL (Gimmicky Pantsless Rape Lady) is back!! With more gimmicks and a brand new pussy? It's a sometimes naked hour of wrestling: wrestling with jokes, irony, standing up, comics, hookers, fish, race, racist hookers, ironic fish, trolls, Foster's, her favourite dead (?) comedian and the difference between being a one-trick pony and a horse's ass.
The New Current, 25th July 2015Seven questions with... Adrienne Truscott
Adrienne Truscott is bold; her comedy is exciting, fresh and uncompromising.
Becca Moody, Moody Comedy, 25th July 2015Fringe preview: Adrienne Truscott
Performance artist-turned-comic on gimmicks, Andy Kaufman and fooling around.
Kirstyn Smith, The List, 23rd July 2015Adrienne Truscott interview
Stand-up comedian, Adrienne Truscott chats to Martin Walker about feminism, Andy Kaufman, wrestling and gearing up for her second Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, Adrienne Truscott's A One-Trick Pony!
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 29th June 2015Fringe prize winner Adrienne Truscott on rape jokes
As the furore around Ray Badran's performance at the Melbourne comedy festival continues, Adrienne Truscott asks who should get to make rape jokes.
Adrienne Truscott, The Guardian, 8th April 2015Adrienne Truscott: nudity inexpensive but effective
While she doesn't believe comedy should be censored - "what I like may not be what you like, but if you want freedom of speech, it all must be heard" - Truscott hoped to tackle what she describes as "lazy" comedy.
Alexandra Spring, The Guardian, 14th January 2015Adrienne Truscott: the day I lost my job
In the latest Women of Letters anthology, the comedian Adrienne Truscott recalls being fired from her waitressing job in New York after challenging a male customer's throwaway remark.
Adrienne Truscott, The Guardian, 19th November 2014The Adrienne Truscott three minute interview
Appearing for just eight shows At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Adrienne Truscott, winner of the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award 2013 and Malcolm Hardee Award 2013, presents, Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It: A One-Lady Rape About Comedy Starring Her Pussy and Little Else!
Martin Walker, Broadway Baby, 1st July 2014Adrienne Truscott's Asking for It review
Adrienne Truscott fights misogyny with hilarious slapstick, audience engagement - and she's naked from the waist down.
Stephanie Merritt, The Observer, 8th June 2014