Sad Girl Songs at Ivy Studio at Greenside @ George Street

Cheeky, funny, sexy – and harrowing, Sad Girl Songs is dark feminist comedy. Audiences are invited to come along and be entertained (and in some cases educated) by songs like You Should Know Where the Clit Is (a handy user’s guide) and Daddy Issues Boyfriend. Actor, comedian and singer Gwen Coburn then has fun with Bumble Songs – men’s real-life dating app profiles turned into song. Praised by critics as “quick and sassy” (Theatre Beyond Broadway) and “full of wickedly pointed observations” (Edmonton Journal), the show is a “whip-smart autobiographical musical comedy” (Winnipeg Free Press) about gender violence in the world of comedy. Gwen explores the trauma caused by an abusive student affair with her improv teacher and, just as importantly, the aftermath of the relationship. She describes it as being when “#YesAnd becomes #MeToo”. It’s a show that takes in everything from memories of school self defence classes to classical mythology.