Rosie Wilby Celebrates Heartbreak this Valentine’s

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Found yourself single and broken-hearted in February? Fear not. Award-winning comedian and author Rosie Wilby is back at Poplar Union with a live recording of her acclaimed podcast The Breakup Monologues.

Rosie and her panel of pals, including comedians Jordan Gray and Vix Leyton, journalists Rachel Thompson and Victoria Richards, and podcaster Sangeeta Pillai, look back at their best and worst romantic breakup stories and discuss ghosting, divorce parties, open relationships and more. Tragedy plus time equals comedy, right?

The Breakup Monologues was nominated for a British Podcast Award and is now available as a book, published by Bloomsbury. The podcast came about after the success of Rosie’s trilogy of solo shows investigating the psychology of love (The Science of Sex, Is Monogamy Dead? and The Conscious Uncoupling), has previously featured guests including Richard Herring, Katy Brand and Sofie Hagen and has been recommended by Chortle, BBC Radio 4, The Observer, Psychologies, Metro and Time Out.

The Breakup Monologues will be at the Poplar Union on 17th February. For tickets and more information click here!

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