The stand-up comedian who performs without pants.

You’re standing on a stage in front of hundreds of people. You can’t really see them because you’re blinded by a hot spotlight, but you know they’re there. You feel exposed. Then you look down and realise you’re actually completely naked from the waist down.

Arrrghhhh. For most of us this is just the stuff of nightmares. Your typical, standard issue Naked Dream.

But for stand-up comedian Adrienne Truscott, it’s just another night on stage.

Yep, this woman actually chooses to go on stage without any pants. Not even underpants. As for what she wears on top – she switches it up a bit. Sometimes it’s a fur jacket, other times it’s a glitzy gold top that stops beneath her belly button.

In her one-woman comedy show Adrienne Truscott’s Asking for It! A one-lady rape about comedy starring her pussy…and little else!, Adrienne wears a cropped denim jacket, boots, and a wig. And that’s it.

So, why would anyone voluntarily perform naked from the waist down?

She gets angry about rape jokes, rape lyrics, and basically anyone who tries to trivialise rape in pop culture. And it’s been successful all around the world.

She got five stars (out of five) at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. And she’s on her way to perform it at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in April.

But as you can imagine, she’s had some pretty harsh criticism for luring people into her audience with the promise of nudity.

This is what she said in defence of her naked ways:

“I don’t have to do it to get attention, but I’m smart enough to know that it will get me attention. I very clearly exploited my sexuality for marketing purposes. I knew what I was doing with the photograph I put out there. I hoped that I was attracting a group of four guys out for a night, who are like, “There’s a lady with her pants off for free at 10 o’clock. What’s to lose?” Those are the people I want at my show.

I didn’t have to do it, I chose to do it because I’m an artist and I have a long history of knowing how to use my body. And you wanna go, “If you sat in my audience, and I cracked jokes and interacted with you with my pussy out, you’d probably feel pretty uncomfortable, so who’s really getting the attention? Maybe I’ve actually put all the attention on you, sitting at a show watching a naked pussy.” Because I have all the power, I’m on stage, I have the microphone.”

What do you think? Is it OK for Adrienne to be naked on stage because she’s making a point? Or is it confronting for the sake of it?