Adrienne Truscott's ASKING FOR IT to Hit Joe's Pub

Internationally renowned, radical comedian, performance and protest artist Adrienne Truscott's one hour, one-lady rape about comedy and culture, ASKING FOR IT, is headed to Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette Street, NYC) on December 1, 2016. Doors at 9:00pm, Show at 9:30pm.

This time, Adrienne Truscott slings pussy-flavored politics, protest and punchlines at the President Elect. Dressed only from the waist up and ankles down, Truscott undoes and does in the rules and rhetoric about rape, comedy and the awkward laughs in between. With commentary from George Carlin, Louis C. K. and Robert De Niro, ducks, whistles and enough gin and tonics to get a girl in trouble, she lets her pussy do the talking. Set to pop music. Can you make jokes about rape? She plans to, all night long. Even if you tell her to stop.

Truscott will donate all proceeds to Planned Parenthood via Mike Pence in protest of his misogynist agenda. Tickets are $15. Purchase here.

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 ducks, pussy-puppets, mini-skirts, rape whistles, Daniel Tosh, Rick Ross and enough gin and tonics and bad behavior to get a girl in trouble. The show has also been presented by Just For Laughs in Montreal, The Sydney Festival and Perth Fringe World Festival in Montreal as well as the Melbourne International Comedy Fest.

If her behaviour 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). She was recently named an Adelaide Fringe Festival Artist Ambassador, and hosted the Bessies at the BAM to a boysterous sold-out crowd.

All proceeds from the show December 1st will be donated to Planned Parenthood via Mike Pence, taking part in the protest against his misogynist agenda.

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