(My Mom Wrote a Dating Book) The Musical
Coming to Edinburgh Fringe 2026, tickets for Fringe and previews below:
Underbelly Edinburgh (Aug 5-30 at 5:15pm)
Brighton Fringe (SOLD OUT)
The Cobra Club Brooklyn June 29th 8pm
The Nest at Chichester Festival Theatre July 18th
The Glitch’s Highlight Festival July 23rd
Underbelly Boulevard Soho July 29th
About the show:
An A to Z Guide to Dating is a hilarious one-woman musical based on an unapologetic dating book that writer-performer Grace O’Keefe’s mother wrote in the late 80s. Publishers said it would set feminism back 20 years. 40 years later, let’s find out!
In a theatrical equivalent of a little girl struggling in her mother’s heels, this musical explores relationships, romance and living life to the fullest as a fully grown woman. Featuring original music by Grace O’Keefe (Summoning Sondheim; Sense & Sensibility; Best Newcomer at Musical Comedy Awards), the show will leave audiences with a deeper appreciation of their mothers and a chaotic new approach to dating.
Developed in Soho Theatre’s Drag and Cabaret Lab, the musical sits at the intersection of Cabaret, Comedy and Musical Theatre to create a show that is distinctly “Fringe”.
The Book
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In the late 1980’s, my mother (then in her late 20’s), wrote a dating advice book entitled: “Feast at the Famine: A Single Woman’s A-to-Z Guide to Plentiful Dating”.
The book was sent to exactly one publisher, who quite decisively rejected it, responding: “This will set feminism back 20 years”.
40 years later, let’s find out!
Grace O'Keefe 