Adrienne Truscott

Adrienne Truscott
Adrienne Truscott
Occupation(s)	Choreographer, dancer, stand-up comedian
Website	www.adriennetruscott.com

Occupation(s)Choreographer, dancer, stand-up comedian

Websitewww.adriennetruscott.com

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]

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v t e Edinburgh Comedy Award winners
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 2024: Amy Gledhill – Make Me Look Fit on the Poster
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! 2024: Joe Kent-Walters – Joe Kent-Walters is Frankie Monroe: LIVE!!!
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 2024: Rob Copland: Gimme (One With Everything)

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