The SHRUG Ladies set up shop to launch a unique range of SHRUG merchandise, including aprons, knapkins and doillies, bracelets, broaches and scarves, and a selection of our photographic prints from our many ‘City Happenings’.

The Ladies had the fantastic opportunity to show this range of hand made goodies as part of Wayne Hemingway’s KiosKiosK project.

The man behind Red or Dead first launched his KiosKiosK pop-up shop concept next to City Hall in London earlier this year, in a bid to provide fledgling creative businesses with a rent-free showcase.

Now he has brought this idea to Nottingham.  The Kiosk will be based on the corner of Pelham Street and Thurland Street, from October to December, with the SHRUG Ladies kicking things off in true style.

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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 SHRUG Ladies joined again with the fantastic Fete Encounter this weekend to enjoy 3 days of performance and picnics on Abbey Green in London as part of the Lift Molten Festival.

This week sees the launch of our shiny new website! We have lots of fabulous new features like our gallery/blog page. So, stay for a while, make a cup of tea and discover what the SHRUG ladies have been up to.

Here’s a quick homage to our old site that served us so well over the last few years. We couldn’t let it fade into nothingness so we’ve saved the best bits for posterity! x

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!

Happy Summer Ladies! Looking forward to seeing your new stuff! xxxx

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