SIZE OF COMPANY
1–3 on the road

SCALE OF VENUE
Small-scale and site-specific

PERMANENT STAFF
Adrian Howells

ARTISTIC POLICY
Adrian Howells creates work that promotes intimacy and genuine interaction with an audience, often in a one-to-one confessional context, in contrasting, site-specific locations. Adrian is currently a recipient of an AHRC Creative Fellowship at Glasgow University.

REVIEW EXTRACTS
'A perfect antidote to all life’s ugliness and grime.' The Scotsman (Adrienne’s Dirty Laundry Experience)

'Adrienne’s gift is to make visitors aware of what’s going on in their own lives, their own minds.' The Herald (Adrienne: the Great Depression)

'It’s immensely cathartic for some and thoroughly compelling for the rest of the audience.' The Pink Paper (An Audience with Adrienne)

CURRENT PRODUCTIONS
Adrienne’s Dirty Laundry Experience Sited in a laundrette. As the washing machine washes the audience’s actual dirty laundry, Adrienne gets them to share their metaphorical dirty laundry. (90 mins, 1 on the road)

Adrienne: The Great Depression Sited in a hotel bedroom. Adrienne openly and honestly confides in the audience about suffering from severe depression and invites them to share similar experiences. (75 mins, 1 on the road)

Adrienne’s Room Service Adrienne becomes a member of a hotel’s room service staff, and is available 24 hours for food and drinks deliveries to rooms, staying to keep guests company and to indulge in the art of conversation. (60 mins, 1 on the road)

Salon Adrienne Sited in a hair salon, Adrienne washes the audience’s hair, getting them to take a metaphorical 'long hard look at themselves' in the mirror whilst ‘teasing’ their hair and giving them an Indian head massage. (90 mins, 1 on the road)

Adrienne’s Personal Shopping Sited in a department store, Adrienne becomes a personal shopper who not only ‘expertly’ advises on in-store products to meet the customer’s needs, but also uses this as a means to talk about other issues and problems. The piece ends with Adrienne giving the customer a hand massage. (60 mins, 1 on the road)

FUTURE PRODUCTIONS
An Audience with Adrienne An intimate studio theatre is transformed into Adrienne’s living room. The audience (20–25 people) sit in sofas and armchairs and drink tea, selecting autobiographical stories that are either orated or shown as home movies. (135 mins, 4 on the road)

Held by Adrienne Sited in a house or flat, Adrienne takes an audience of one through a series of physical ‘holdings’, each one becoming more intimate as a progression is made from kitchen to living room, to bedroom. (90 mins, 1 on the road)

RECENT INTERNATIONAL WORK
2006 Ireland (Salon Adrienne)

TOURING AVAILABILITY
Details on request.