Listen to an introduction to The Five Andrews:

What is a Five Andrew?

A Five Andrew is someone who has been devising live art performances, typically with the other three Five Andrews, since 1990.

A Five Andrew aims to make succulent and pithy work that, on the outside, appears lemonly. As in a dream, A Five Andrew possesses its own unfathomable purpose.

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Latest performances

AB-L

A performative intervention in the form of a fashion show celebrating 25 years of costume design by Andrew Barker for The Five Andrews (private event)

Happening

On a planet light years distant, signals from the televising of The Supremes' first arrival in London are spied through a gap in the neighbours' curtains and interpreted by a team of alien cultural experts. Subsequently, after a very long journey, emissaries arrive by taxi on planet Earth to confirm their findings. (prIvate event) Blog and video.

For more see Chronology of works

 
With their attention to fashion, blonde-dyed hair, and their vocals, they are like a kind of half-hearted pop group. The atmosphere they create has a curious kind of camp serenity. They verge on the surreal...
— Live Art Magazine
 

from the clog

News from the lemonly realm.

Clog
The Five Andrews sustainability goals

The Five Andrews’ sustainability strategy for the next five years is to reduce all effort to a barely perceptible level while still providing excellent customer service by shining a light powered by natural onshore seagull energy.

The Five Andrews Bumper Annual

A long-awaited signal.

A form-filling exercise using just your bodyweight.