My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend

Overview

Mike Birbiglia is one of the recurring features of eclectic Chicago radio show This American Life (also often home to the assasination-loving and super-hero voicing Sarah Vowell, theatre-filling author David Sedaris and Pulizer owner Michael Chabon). He's been on Letterman and also makes regular appearances in the nerve-racking storytelling series the Moth. Birbiglia started his career doing straight stand-up, but over time he unwound his routine to revolve around longer stories. The stories are funny, unwind slowly and, like his Sydney Festival show My Girlfriend's Boyfriend, they're all about him.

Birbiglia's tales are very personal. In his earlier tour, Sleepwalk with Me, Birbiglia explained how he sleep-jumped through a second-story hotel window while he was touring the show before. My Girlfriend's Boyfriend is named after one of his first high-school relationships, which included one extra boyfriend, who may or may not have been him. Previous performances of the show have inspired marriage and though Birbiglia doesn't guarantee you'll find yourself a soul-mate at every show, the pain in your sides leaving the Seymour Centre should be company enough.