Comedian John Ryan has developed a comedy show that celebrates mental health and well-being and proves that laughter really is the best medicine.
Serious Glee Comedy is an innovative comedy show that covers difficult subjects around health and wellbeing in a way that is topical, sensitive and very funny. It's on Tuesday 12 April 2016 at The King’s Head, 2 Crouch End Hill, London N8 8AA. Tickets are just £7.
Supported by The Men’s Health Forum, award-winning comedian John Ryan is joined by fellow comedians who base their comedy on personal experiences ranging from depression and anxiety to alcoholism and cancer.
Through a unique style of stand-up, the show takes a light-hearted yet touching look at a widespread and increasing problem: one in four adults will experience a common mental health problem such as depression or anxiety at some time in their lives. One in five men will die before they are 65 years old.
John Ryan says: 'Comedy is a great way of tackling issues that people may not ordinarily want to talk about. This show is also a great night out. It’s not preachy, it’s not a lecture it is a collection of real people taking a light hearted approach to how they have dealt with health issues.'
‘The Men’s Health Forum is proud to support such an innovative and entertaining show,’ said the Forum's deputy CEO Tracy Herd.
John Ryan is a multi-award winning stand-up comedian and writer. His awards include the Royal Society of Public Health best project 2015 and the Scottish mental health and arts award 2011 and he has won prestigious accolades at the Leicester and Edinburgh festivals. Also appearing are Natasha Donovan, Suzi Bennett, Nina Benjamin, Stu Calder and Stephen Rice.
Serious Glee Comedy: an innovative upbeat show that will make you listen, learn and laugh.
The event will be filmed as part of a series of training videos for the Men’s Health Forum.
Listen to John's Men's Health Forum podcasts:
#2 - How to beat stress and anger
#4 - The New Man
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