A Super Happy Story
(ABOUT FEELING SUPER SAD)
by jON BRITTAIN WITH MATTHEW FLOYD JONES
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Winners:
Fringe First Award
Winners: Best Musical Award at Edinburgh Fringe
Nominated:
Best Musical Off West End Awards (Offies) 2020
Best Director (Musicals) Off West End Awards (Offies) 2020
Holden Street Theatre Award 2017
Edinburgh Fringe Mental Health Award 2017
2018
13 September
Aldeburgh, HighTide Festival
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14-15 September
Hull, Hull Truck Theatre​
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18 September
Chipping Norton, The Theatre​
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20 September
Ipswich, New Wolsey Theatre​
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22 September
Norwich, Norwich Playhouse​
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25 September
Maidenhead, Norden Farm Centre for the Arts​
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26 September
Reading, South Street Arts Centre​
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27 September
London, ArtsDepot
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28 - 29 September
Canterbury, The Marlowe Studio
30 September
Gravesend, The Woodville​
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2 October
Petersfield, Bedales Theatre​
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3 October
Havant, The Spring​
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4 October
Hertford, Hertford Theatre​
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5 October
Aldershot, West End Centre​
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6 October
Bordon, Phoenix Theatre
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8 - 9 October
Hounslow, The Arts Centre​
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10 October
Doncaster, Cast​
11 October
Bedford, Quarry Theatre
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12 October
Halifax, Square Chapel Arts Centre
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13 October
Goole, Junction
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16 October
Hereford, The Courtyard​
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17 - 20 October
Salford Quays, The Lowry
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23 - 24 October
Lancaster, The Dukes​
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25 - 27 October
Glasgow, Tron Theatre​
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30 - 31 October
York, Theatre Royal​
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1 - 2 November
Hull, Gulbenkian Centre, Hull University​
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3 November
Derby, Derby Theatre
2019
30 January - 3 February
Waterloo, Vault Festival
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5 - 6 February
Scarborough, Stephen Joseph Theatre
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9 February
Barnsley, The Civic
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21 February
Hull, Thornton Village Hall
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23 February
Hull, Wilberforce Sixth Form College
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25 - 26 February
Wakefield, Theatre Royal Wakefield
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5 March
Milton Keynes, Stantonbury Theatre
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6 March
Newbury, Newbury Corn Exchange
7 March
New Milton, Forest Arts Centre, New Milton
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8 March
Eastleigh, The Point
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9 March
Oxford, Pegasus Theatre
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13 March
Gillingham, Glass Box Theatre
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14 March
Diss, Cornhall
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15 March
Banbury, Mill Arts Centre
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16 March
Slough, Curve
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21 - 23 March
Salisbury, Salisbury Playhouse, Salberg
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24 March
Bristol, 1532
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29 - 30 March
Hull, IETM, Hull Truck Theatre,
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2 April - 3 May
London, Vaults, Waterloo
7 - 12 May
Brighton, Brighton Fringe, The Warren
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23 May
Mansfield, Old Library
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24 May
Nottingham, Nonsuch Theatre
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25 May
Derby, Derby Theatre
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12 June
Burton-on-Trent, Burton Brewhouse
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13 June
Spalding, South Holland Centre
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14 June
Leicester, Attenborough Arts Centre
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23 - 24 August
Kettering, Greenbelt Festival
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"A mix of wit and low-key emotion that suddenly grips your heart"
Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
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Written by Oliver award winner Jon Brittain (Rotterdam & Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho) with music by Matthew Floyd Jones (Frisky and Mannish), prepare for a hilarious cabaret musical about depression that explains how it’s OK to not be OK.
Sally’s a happy person. She doesn’t let little things get her down and almost never cries. But she’s got an illness. It makes her feel like she isn’t the person she wants to be, but she doesn’t want anyone to know about it.
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★★★★★
ThreeWeeks Edinburgh, Miro Magazine, What'sOnStage
★★★★
The Scotsman, The Stage, Hull Daily Mail
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Cast
Madeleine MacMahon
Sophie Clay
Ed Yelland
Creatives
Writer: Jon Brittain
Director: Alex Mitchell
Musical Director/Composer: Matthew Floyd Jones
Musical Supervisor: James Frewer
Touring Musical Director: Tom Penn
Movement Director: Jon Beney
Stage Manager: Jon Calvert
Sound Designer: Ed Clarke
Lighting Designer: Adam Foley
Set and Costume Designer: Amy Jane Cook
Costume Supervisor: Liz Dees
​Construction: Alex Brook
Marketing & PR: The Comms Collective
Executive Producer: Martin Atkinson
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Artistic Support: James Stanyer, David Byrne & New Diorama Theatre
The show has been co-produced by LittleMighty and Hull UK City of Culture 2017. Also with the support of New Diorama Theatre, Greenwich Theatre, CHCP Foundation, Unity Theatre Trust, Hull Truck Theatre, American Chip Spice, and our generous Kickstarter and company supporters.
Recommended 16+
Photography: Sam Taylor
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