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Adrian Howells

ADRIAN HOWELLS

  (1962 - 2014)
Nationality:    Scottish
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Adrian Howells, theatrical performer, born 9 April 1962; died 16 March 2014. A performance artist for the past 20 years, Adrian Howell's unique style and abilities have consistently borne fruit through his collaborations with an eclectic mix of venues and practitioners from the Citizens Theatre, Glasgow to Nigel Charnock and the late Leigh Bowery. Capitalising on an ever-growing reputation as a solo artist -primarily in the guise of his transvestite alter ego Adrienne - Howells is now breaking new boundaries in academic circles and has recently been awarded a prestigious Creative and Performing Arts Fellowship at Glasgow University. - Guardian Obituary

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         14 Stations Of the Life And History Of Adrian Howells, The         Adrienne: the Great Depression         Adrienne's Dirty Laundry Experience         Adrienne's Personal Shopping         Adrienne's Room Service         Audience With Adrienne, An         Dancer         Dirty Laundry         Foot Washing For the Sole         Garden Of Adrian         Gay In A Manger         Gorgeous         Held         Lifeguard         Mother of Mine         Pleasure of Being: Washing, Feeding, Holding         Salon Adrienne         Won't Somebody Dance With Me?

14 Stations Of the Life And History Of Adrian Howells, The

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I doubt if anyone who entered into the 14 Stations of the Life and History of adrian Howells will ever forget the intensity, the potentially unnerving honesty and intimacy, of this close encounter with Howells's personal litany of pain and suffering. His use of the devotional meditation, Christ's 14 Stations of the Cross, as a template for this one-to-one promenade through the lower reaches of the arches might offend some people - but, in truth, the core strand of this journey is offence, given and taken. as a gay man with transvestite inclinations Howells has, from boyhood, been on the receiving end of bullying, abuse and humiliation. Now, in his forties -and in this series of installations and interactions - Howells has a second "coming out". He frankly acknowledges the pain, embarrassment and emotional cruelty he has also inflicted on others. each ticket holder becomes a witness or indeed a partner in the admission of guilty secrets, the ritual of confession. What keeps this from being self-indulgent, however, is Howells's ability to make this two-way sharing open-ended - to use his past behaviour, his memories and anecdotes, his current facing up to things he now regrets, as an invitation for us to examine our own conscience.
- Mary Brennan, Herald

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part of Arches Live! Season of new work

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Adrienne: the Great Depression

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Gay performance piece

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Adrienne's Dirty Laundry Experience

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Adrienne's Personal Shopping

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Adrienne's Room Service

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Audience With Adrienne, An

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Having previously charmed her clientele with a series of intimate, one-to-one performances set in launderettes, hotel rooms and hairdressing salons around the UK, our hostess, adrienne, now offers a select group of patrons an up-close-and-personal invitation to an audience with adrienne in the upholstered surrounds of her kitsch and cosy living room. Whilst sharing her life-story, watching video interviews with family members, engaging in saucy conversational confession, and playing games over tea and cake, adrienne lays bare some of her own personal fears and taboos.

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RADA Studios (formely Drill Hall Arts Centre), London    22 Mar 2006

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Gay performance piece

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Dancer

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Ian and Gary both love to dance in public. Neither are trained dancers. Ian and Gary are two artists asking questions about visibility, opportunity and experiences. They share a few of their dances to songs by some of their favourite artists including Kylie Minogue, Lady Gaga and Nick Cave.

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A performance art work created by Ian Johnston, Gary Gardiner and the late Adrian Howells, Dancer is a gentle provocation on what it is to be a 'dancer'.

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Dirty Laundry

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Adrienne shares all her delightfully gossipy secrets with you as she does your washing.

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Set in a genuine launderette the exact location for this deliciously intimate theatre wil be revealed when you turn up at The Nuffield Theatre at a pre-arranged time.

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Nuffield Theatre (Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts), Lancaster    26 Feb 2005

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Gay performance piece

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Foot Washing For the Sole

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Directed into a suitably monastic cubby hole, you are greeted by adrian, who proceeds to wash and massage your feet. there is something about the intent and the meditative way that this is set up with its cultural and religous referenccs that makes it much more than its parIs. the exchange that takes place: is transformative, not just a transaction.
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Garden Of Adrian

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a mystical one to one encounter in the garden

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Glasgow, G12 Gilmorehill    2009

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Gay In A Manger

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Everyone's favourite gender-bending duo Tranny and Roseannah present an alternative festive experience. Come on in, make yourselves comfortable, and enjoy the story of Christmas as you've never seen it before. . . It's CHRIIIIIST-MASSSS! That most special time of year, when the decorations go up, the foul-mouthed family comes over, and the booze goes down. Well this time, Tranny and Roseannah have invited you round to theirs for a cosy Christmas night in - only, it might not be quite what you expect. Think John Waters hosting Noel's House Party and you're getting close. Think a camp cabaret atmosphere where anything goes and Christmas values get twisted and shaken and you're even closer. Featuring Eilidh MacAskill as Grandpa, Laurie Brown as Roseannah and Rosana Cade as Tranny, join us for an evening of special guests, an alternative take on the Christmas nativity, and some good old-fashioned yuletide singalongs. With tits, tinsel, and turkey, baubles, balls, and blood, this is an X-rated Xmas show you won't soon forget.

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Devised by Laurie Brown, Rosana Cade and Adrian Howells

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gay Christmas Show

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Gorgeous

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Gorgeous is the first intimate collaboration between Nigel and Adrian and combines their wit, energy and unpretentious avant-garde joy. Falling firmly between two stools and a rock and a hard place, Gorgeous is a part-written, part-improvised collection of scenes forged from the depths of depression and the giddy heights of love. In this two-hander Howells and Charnock bicker and snap their way through ugly scenes of gentle obscenity and playful horror.

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written by Adrian Howells and Nigel Charnock

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RADA Studios (formely Drill Hall Arts Centre), London    19 May 2007

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Held

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Lifeguard

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Arches Artist In Residence Adrian Howells explores our complex and ambiguous relationship with water in this immersive theatrical experience. In the intimate setting of the training pool at Govanhill Baths with an audience wearing swimsuits, t-shirts and towels, Howells and actor/dancer Ira Mandela Siobhan perform this new scripted piece, part devised from conversations with members of the local community. exploring the emotional and psychological effects of water, from its therapeutic qualities to our overwhelming fear of it, Lifeguard re-evaluates the place of swimming in our lives as a health-promoting and life-saving activity.

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Working collaboratively with Mike Brookes, Minty Donald, Rob Drummond, Jane Mason, Nick Millar and Nichola Scrutton, Lifeguard offers a multi-sensory experience incorporating projection, sound and movement.

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Govanhill Baths, 99 Calder St, Glasgow.    05 Oct 2012

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National Theatre of Scotland and the Arches in association with Govanhill Baths Community Trust:

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Mother of Mine

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Our relationship with our mothers are arguably the most significant and most complex in our lives. These relationships and our feelings about them change as we get older and in response to our changing psychological and emotional needs. Exploring iconic mother-figures from the Madonna to Victoria Beckham, this devised piece of theatre delves deeply into the very personal relationships we have with our mothers.

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Pleasure of Being: Washing, Feeding, Holding

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Salon Adrienne

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Performance artist Howells washes hair in this conversation piece just for you.

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Won't Somebody Dance With Me?

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It's the end of a wedding disco and the last record of the evening is about to be played. adrian, single and in his late forties, yearns, with every fibre of his being, to share an intimate encounter with a stranger - to be held close by someone in a slow dance to a love song of their choosing. You can spend the evening watching intimacy unfold or be bold and approach adrian for that last dance. . .

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part of Behaviour

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