Quake is an exciting performance event programmed by Dance4 sharing innovative and inspiring work from a diversity of artists.  The SHRUG Ladies undertook walk about performances in the Cafe Bar as well as showing their new work in progress theatre piece.  The piece entitled ‘A SHRUG Day Out’ incorporated the Ladies love of the silent black and white movie and combined their own recorded footage with live performance.  The piece proved a real challenge as the ladies attempted to run in heels while mastering various disguises.  As a first showing the piece had a welcome and positive response from our audience and the SHRUG Ladies are hoping to develop this short work into a longer and more established theatre show.  Look out for developments in the new year!

Here’s some shots from the video…

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The SHRUG Ladies took to the road in style this weekend, performing at MOG 2010 in Buxton.  The weather was glorious and the ladies had a super time entertaining the members as they picnicked on the lawn.  It was a real treat meeting so many interesting people and of course getting to sit in a few of those truly amazing Morgan Cars!!  Well done to all those winners!!

Below are just a few of the instant photos we took on the day but watch this space for the official photos coming very soon, we cant wait to see all those glamourous shots!!  xxx

Nottingham played host to a wealth of artistic talent at their Hatch Abroad event on Nottingham’s Broad Street. SHRUG performed some new devised & durational pieces to the onlooking crowds.

5 SHRUG Ladies set out on a fantastic weekend trip to Wirksworth festival.  They were ready and prepared to present their newly devised performance piece as part of the ‘What is SHRUG’ research project. The piece included 3 sections entitled ‘SHRUG Tea Dance’, ‘Day at The Beach’ and ‘Sailor SHRUG Hand Jive’.  The setting was superb; Wirksworth truly is a village of extreme beauty and quant character, which suited the SHRUG Ladies to a tee!! The SHRUG Ladies performed their piece at various locations on the festival trail including the station, the church yard, a bench on the square and the farm as well as doing their usual walk about meet and greet.  There were so many amazing photo opportunities, not to mention the awesome new costumes well done our new SHRUG Lady Helen!!!!!

The Ladies spent their first day of studio based research as part of the ‘What is SHRUG’ project devising a piece of choreographed movement.  The workshop was led by Zoo Indigo’s Rosie Garton and provided some fantastic new ideas to develop the performance work of the SHRUG Ladies.

Thanks Rosie!! xxxx

SHRUG decked out their very own cave with all things SHRUG then invited their audience to experience an intimate 5-minute, 2 on 2 performance, making and serving pancakes. This was performed in both Nottingham and Leicester.

The SHRUG Ladies set out on their second ever gig to the city of Leicester with their new friend Penny.  The Ladies developed a new version of their theatre performance ‘Tea 4 Two’ along side a mini exhibition of the days city ‘Happenings’.

SHRUG’s first performace of ‘Tea 4 Two’, one of our only traditional theatre pieces to date.