2022 Edinburgh Fringe
I Miss Amy Winehouse
I Miss Amy Winehouse is the first solo hour from writer / comedian / journalist Suchandrika Chakrabarti (shortlisted for the inaugural VAULT FIVE scheme, regular writer on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, Funny Women Stage Awards semi-finalist 2020, British Comedy Guide Pro Performance Awards finalist 2020). It's 11 years since Amy Winehouse died. Suchandrika is a fan who partied the 2000s away in Camden, but never got to meet her musical hero. She'll take you back in time to put that right. Brush up on your favourite Amy Winehouse trivia because there will be quizzes!
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Caro Moses, ThreeWeeks, 3rd August 2022EdFringe talk: I Miss Amy Winehouse
"I Miss Amy has been selected for the 2022 VAULT Festival, Brixton House Theatre's opening season Housemates and this year's Boom Chicago Comedy Festival in Amsterdam. After all that, can it still premier when it goes to Edinburgh? I'm not sure I understand how that works..."
Dan Lentell, Get Your Coats On, 29th July 2022Preview: I Miss Amy Winehouse
I Miss Amy Winehouse is about the absurdity of grief, the strangeness of celebrity, the joy of sticky nights out in Noughties Camden.
Deadline News, 24th July 2022I Miss Amy Winehouse interview
It's about nostalgia and celebrity and partying in 2000s Camden and grief... over the course of an hour.
Phoenix Remix, 23rd July 2022Suchandrika Chakrabarti interview
I miss Amy Winehouse - as a lot of people do - and missing someone doesn't feel great, so I look for solutions to that, with the help of slides, time travel and a hologram of the late Robert Kardashian.
On The Mic, 20th July 2022Interview: Suchandrika Chakrabarti - I Miss Amy Winehouse
I Miss Amy Winehouse is about the absurdity of grief, the strangeness of celebrity, the joy of sticky nights out in Noughties Camden - and what it means to truly miss someone.
The New Current, 14th July 2022I Miss Amy Winehouse: a story about grief and growing up
As part of the Brixton House Housemates Festival, one artist tells a story about how grief can stay with you in her show, I Miss Amy Winehouse.
SW Londoner, 30th April 2022Suchandrika Chakrabarti interview
We caught up with Suchandrika Chakrabarti to talk about her new show part of Housemates Festival, which explores the story and resonance of national treasure Amy Winehouse.
Rupert Dannreuther, To Do List, 28th April 2022Suchandrika Chakrabarti talks 'I Miss Amy Winehouse'
Suchandrika Chakrabarti is bringing her debut comedy show to this year's Camden Fringe. Here, she chats about influences and her comedy style, life in Camden in the early 00's and of course, the lasting appeal of the iconic Amy Winehouse...
Always Time For Theatre, 10th August 2021More details
Writer and comedian Suchandrika Chakrabarti's critically-acclaimed 4-star debut stand-up show I Miss Amy Winehouse promises to take you time-travelling back to Camden in the mid-2000s, when the much-missed singer's career (and beehive) was reaching dizzying heights. Maybe this time Suchandrika will get to meet her musical hero?
I Miss Amy Winehouse is about the absurdity of grief, the strangeness of celebrity, the joy of sticky nights out in Noughties Camden - and what it means to truly miss someone. With the aid of slides, Google Maps and, of course, a hologram of the late Robert Kardashian, Suchandrika sets out to find the solution for longing... in 60 minutes.
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Reviews
"Vulnerable, poignant and hilarious" - Boom Chicago Comedy Festival
"At only £5 a ticket, it is a bargain, particularly when calculated on a cost per laugh basis..."
- Stephanie Ressort, View From The Outside
"Chakrabarti has a natural incredibly grounded stage presence and was clearly meant to perform."
- Theatre and Other Things LDN
"Warm and intimately personal and provides plenty of laughs."
- Graham Williams, The Reviews Hub
Suchandrika Chakrabarti
Journalist-turned-comic Suchandrika Chakrabarti started stand-up in January 2020, and she has since become a regular writer for topical comedy shows on Radio 4. She was also shortlisted for the 2022 BBC Radio Comedy Writers' Bursary. Her debut stand-up hour I Miss Amy Winehouse has been selected for the 2022 VAULT Festival, Brixton House Theatre's opening season Housemates and this year's Boom Chicago Comedy Festival in Amsterdam. The show was shortlisted for VAULT Festival's inaugural VAULT FIVE scheme in 2021.
Performances
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| 6th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 7th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 8th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 9th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 10th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 11th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 12th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 13th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 15th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 16th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 17th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 18th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 19th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 20th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 22nd Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 23rd Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 24th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 25th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 26th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 27th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |
| 28th Aug 2022 | 12:15 | Paradise in the Vault (The Annexe) |