This cathartic and catchy musical charts the romantic breakups of three women and the lively antics that ensue. ’60s girl group music, like “Be My Baby,” “And Then He Kissed Me,” “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough,” and “Where Did Our Love Go?”, provide the perfect backdrop for the bittergirls’ journey back to happiness. Who knew getting dumped could be so much fun?
Artistic Managing Director Bill Millerd says, “Bittergirl: The Musical is a contemporary hit created by three writers and actresses who turned heartbreak into a play, the play into a book, and all three into a hit musical. We’re exciting to bring audiences across the Lower Mainland this new musical that has delighted audiences across the country!”
In 1999, Annabel (Griffiths) Fitzsimmons, Alison Lawrence, and Mary Francis Moore, met in Toronto—one divorced, one just dumped by her long time live-in, and one facing yet another failed short-term romance. The women took their outrageous and sometimes unbelievable experiences of getting dumped and turned them into the hilarious smash-hit play bittergirl; touring the show from London to New York City, and performing three sold-out runs in Toronto.
Audiences immediately connected to the show and often sought advice from the seasoned break-up experts, so the bittergirls decided to turn their stories into the relationship advice book BITTERGIRL: Getting Over Getting Dumped, which was published by Penguin in 2005.
Building on the interest in both the play and the book, Fitzsimmons, Lawrence, and Moore wrote Bittergirl: The Musical to offer a new flavour to the bittergirl brand. Retaining all the hilariously unbelievable breakup stories, but adding the sweetest girl-group music from the ’60s and ’70s, Bittergirl: The Musical is a fizzy cocktail for musical lovers and heartbreak survivors. The popular show debuted at the Charlottetown festival in June of 2015;
Following the Lower Mainland tour, Bittergirl: The Musical will run at the Granville Island Stage from June 15 to July 29, 2017.
On tour scedule:
WEST VANCOUVER
Kay Meek Centre
604.981.6335
Feb 16 & 17, 2017
NEW WESTMINSTER *New Arts Club On Tour Venue*
Anvil Centre
604.521.5050
Feb 18, 2017
NORTH VANCOUVER
The BlueShore at Cap
604.990.7810
Feb 21, 2017
SURREY
Surrey Arts Centre
604.501.5566
Feb 22–Mar 4, 2017
MISSION
Clark Theatre
1.877.299.1644
Mar 5, 2017
COQUITLAM
Evergreen Cultural Centre
604.927.6555
Mar 7–11, 2017
MAPLE RIDGE
The ACT Arts Centre
604.476.2787
Mar 12, 2017
BURNABY
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
604.205.3000
Full schedule and information at artsclub.com