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This week, SHRUG ladies dusted their way into lincoln town to find out what the lovely folk who lived there thought of ART. It was an exciting day as a new SHRUG Lady ‘Sarah’ was with us and it was her first outing, she did splendidly and much fun was had. With flowers starting to peep from their buds and the sunshine making a more regular appearance, it only meant one thing to SHRUG and that was time for a glamourous clean.

The ladies sprinkled glamour through the town, stopping the unsuspecting public to write spring thoughts on paper flowers, between manic cleans to music. When it all got too tiring the ladies stopped for a tea and cake break and much needed rest. The sun shone all day for us and the Lincoln lovlies welcomed us with open arms. May I add, we left the town SPOTLESS and GLEAMING.

The SHRUG Ladies were recently interviewed for the Nottingham Evening Post in the run up to the launch of the Nottingham Contemporary. The lovely article is right here…

This week saw the opening of the brand new modern art gallery, Nottingham Contemporary. The SHRUG Ladies had the pleasure of entertaining the crowds as they queued in anticipation. Gallery punters were invited to play SHRUG Human Scrabble by making words on the Ladies’ dresses using sticky letters! Younger audience members were given the opportunities to draw portraits on the Ladies’ chalk boards and fun was had by all.

This piece was inspired by the exhibition featured in the gallery by Frances Stark.

The event was also the first outing for new SHRUG Lady, Katie. Well done!

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.

The SHRUG Ladies took their first work in progress as part of the ‘What is SHRUG’ research project down to the Life’s a Beach event in Nottingham’s Market Square.  In a truly British style the sun was shining but then the rain poured! This did not dampen the Ladies spirit however, they waited out the shower dancing under a large umbrella before returning to the beach to dance with newly found friends, slide down the helter skelter, have a nap on some deck chairs and finally relax with a nice cup of tea!

A lovely day out Ladies!

Hatch is a regional platform for new work from the East Midlands set to transform the live arts landscape.

Hatch: One responded to the theme of One to help celebrate the events first birthday. 14 artists took over their biggest venue yet with work that delt with one-ness. One night only. One of a kind. One to remember. Hatch: One.

4 SHRUG ladies sat together and played a game on a draft board made of cake for 4 minutes. This was followed by a variety of individual tasks alone for 1 minute. Tasks included a one-minute tap dance, a one-minute interaction, the knitting of one row of knitting in one minute, the placing of one sticker or a single pose for a single photo. Timing was everything the performance ruled by the constant ticking of time and ringing of the bell.