A Super Happy Story
(ABOUT FEELING SUPER SAD)
by jON BRITTAIN WITH MATTHEW FLOYD JONES
13 - 14 August
shedinburgh @ assembly checkpoint
edinburgh fringe festival
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3 October
shedinburgh @ Young Vic
london
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A mix of wit and low-key emotion that suddenly grips your heart - Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
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.
A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad) is a hilarious cabaret musical that explains how it’s OK to not be OK.
★★★★★ ThreeWeeks Edinburgh
★★★★★ Miro Magazine
★★★★★ What'sOnStage
★★★★ The Scotsman
★★★★ The Stage
★★★★ The Guardian
Winner:
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
Creatives
Writer: Jon Brittain
Composer: Matthew Floyd Jones
Director: Alex Mitchell
Movement Director: Jon Beney
Sound Designer: Ed Clarke
Set and Costume Designer: Amy Jane Cook
Lighting Designer: Adam Foley
Marketing & PR: Pink & Red
Producers: Alice Barber & Alex Moran
Cast & Crew
Sally: Madeleine MacMahon
Tash & Others: Sophie Clay
Toby & Others: Ed Yelland
Keys / MD: Matthew Floyd Jones
Stage Manager: Amelia Hawkes
With thanks to Birmingham Hippodrome and SHEDINBURGH Festival.
Recommended 16+
2026
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