A Different Kind of Heartbreak
The Cockpit Theatre, NW8 8EH , [Venue Details]Everyone goes through heartbreak in their 20s but what if you need surgery to fix it?
Composer-comedian Athanasia Kontou was enjoying life, partying with her friends and dating casually to avoid heartache, when she found out she already had two holes in her heart.
In this one-woman comedy music show, she tells the personal story of her transformative heart surgery. Stories from Athanasia’s diary entries, songs about being in pain, and jokes about anxiety, coalesce into an authentic, hilarious, and dark hour about finding strength and resilience in vulnerability.
The show might remind you of Bo Burnham's "Inside", if he was a classically trained composer.
Athanasia Kontou developed this work as part of her Artistic Research Doctorate at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. She was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in 2023 and won RLPO’s Rushworth Composition Prize in 2019. She is the winner of Austria’s Best New Comedian 2025.
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Max: £27.50
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Age restriction: TBA
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A Different Kind of Heartbreak
Tuesday, 15 Sep 2026 @8.45pm
The Cockpit Theatre, NW8 8EHMore Information
Everyone goes through heartbreak in their 20s but what if you need surgery to fix it?
Composer-comedian Athanasia Kontou was enjoying life, partying with her friends and dating casually to avoid heartache, when she found out she already had two holes in her heart.
In this one-woman comedy music show, she tells the personal story of her transformative heart surgery. Stories from Athanasia’s diary entries, songs about being in pain, and jokes about anxiety, coalesce into an authentic, hilarious, and dark hour about finding strength and resilience in vulnerability.
The show might remind you of Bo Burnham's "Inside", if he was a classically trained composer.
Athanasia Kontou developed this work as part of her Artistic Research Doctorate at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. She was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in 2023 and won RLPO’s Rushworth Composition Prize in 2019. She is the winner of Austria’s Best New Comedian 2025.
Admission
Min: £7.50
Max: £27.50
Special: Pay What You Can
Age restriction: TBA
Halibuts is the only place to find ALL London's live music.
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