In 2003 Amy Nicholson and Suzy Gunn came together and became the co-founders of SHRUG, a Performance and live art Company. Amy originally trained as a Theatre Designer at Nottingham Trent University, whilst Suzy studied Contemporary Theatre at Hull University, Scarborough campus.
SHRUG ‘happenings’ began with an urge for glamour, a chance to turn monotonous actions into durational acts; performances for everyone to view. Our work has always been very site specific, visually striking and yet unimposing to our audience. Our target audience is the general public, anyone and everyone who wants to interact with us is encouraged to do so. If they do not wish to immerse themselves in our world, they may walk by, or stare from afar.
Audience comments:
- ‘Its just good fun!’
- ‘They’re awesome!’
- ‘They’re mad!’
- ‘They’re fun actually, really good fun.’
- ‘Its the everyday things that we do put out there to see and it makes it funny’
- ‘I get a lot of amusement from it’
- ‘A breath of different air’
- ‘as a bloke I get to see a bit of the female world’
- ‘They just look like a really good bunch of friends, it makes me want to be part of it’
- ‘flirty’
- ‘Its outrageous’
- ‘Different and wonderful’
- ‘Facinating to watch, I could watch it all day’
- ‘I love the silence in amongst all this noise’
- ‘The costumes are fantastic, visually stunning’
