‘I encourage you to watch her make magic on a stage near you.’
Rice and Spice
Fresh from her international tour and critically acclaimed Off-Broadway run, produced by Daniel Sloss and presented by Hasan Minhaj, Forbes 30 Under 30 cover star, Abby Govindan (Vogue India, NBC, Daily Beast and LA Times) debuts at the Edinburgh Fringe with Pushing 30, a biting and irreverent new show about dating, getting older and breaking generational curses.
Diving into Big Tech’s vice-like grip on dating apps, Abby explains how their mission statement changed from matchmaking to keeping users, and how manosphere fuelled engagement has driven a wedge between generations and genders. Now, through her signature storytelling style that got her international acclaim, she shows us how no one is safe from falling for misinformation on the internet.
Every generation of woman in Abby’s family had arranged marriages, against a general background of regressive notions of “educate your sons, marry off your daughters.” But Abby had the rarest of things, a progressive grandfather, and so her mother blazed a trail to study at medical school in South India. Despite this breakout moment in her family history, Abby still gets asked when she is going to get married and when she is going to have kids. The answer? Don’t hold your breath – dating is rigged!
Abby Govindan is a 28-year-old stand-up comedian and writer based in New York. She got her start in comedy at the age of 20, making her debut at the iconic Caroline’s on Broadway in New York City in December of 2017. Within a year of pursuing comedy, she had a meteoric rise after she went viral on the internet for her sharp wit and comedic ingenuity. She has amassed over 300,000 followers across social media platforms. Among the routines that have built her reputation, Abby is well-known for her claim to have written Emily in Paris.
But it isn’t Paris rather London and then Edinburgh you can see in with her performances at The Fringe. She is at:
19th June – Underbelly Boulevard, London
https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/abby-govindan-pushing-30/
20th June – Monkey Barrel, Edinburgh
https://www.seetickets.com/event/abby-govindan-pushing-30/monkey-barrel-comedy/3612370
Before her run at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe
Baby Grand at Pleasance Courtyard 5th to 30th August (Not 17th) @ 9.35 PM / 21:35
Ticket link: https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/abby-govindan-pushing-30
Social media links:
Insta: https://www.instagram.com/abbygovindan/
Website: https://abbygovindan.com/
Image above (c) Kat Soriano
