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Ruby Wax: I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was

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After a complete sell-out run of a 40-date national tour, ruby wax's rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet announces its first west end dates at the ambassadors theatre. as well as the show, this unique performance includes an exclusive, frank and personal q&a with ruby and the chance to meet her after the show..

Based on her bestselling book of the same name, I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was sees Ruby reflect on a series of life-changing journeys she undertook in search of meaning – swimming with humpback whales; embarking on a 30-day silent retreat in California; joining a Christian monastery – that ended up taking her in a very different direction. After ten years, Ruby ’s depression resurfaced, and at the start of 2022 she was admitted to a mental health clinic.

“ The original idea behind this show was based on the extreme journeys that I wanted to take in order to find an antidote to living a frazzled life. Along the way I wanted to find meaning, peace, happiness – the stuff we’re all chasing. However, after some transcendent experiences, I ended up in a mental institution. Obviously, I didn’t find what I was looking for. ” - Ruby Wax

Directed by Alison Summers , the show sees Ruby subvert our stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding mental health and happiness in her most honest, compelling and vulnerable performance yet.

Highlighting the importance of community and connection around mental health, Ruby encourages audience members to participate in a live Q&A in the second half of each performance, giving people the opportunity to share their experiences with others. A meet and greet will also take place after the show, with copies of her latest book for sale.

Ruby Wax is a successful comedian, TV writer and performer of over 25 years. Ruby additionally holds a Masters’ degree in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University and was awarded an OBE in 2015 for her services to mental health. To date, Ruby has sold over one million copies of her books worldwide. She is the author of books Sane New World and A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled and has toured all over the world with the accompanying one-woman shows. Both books have reached the number one spot on the Sunday Times bestsellers list, along with a third book, How to Be Human: The Manual . In March 2017 she launched Frazzled café in partnership with Marks & Spencer and held daily sessions online at Frazzled.org during the coronavirus lockdown.

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After a complete sell-out first run in 2023, Ruby Wax’s rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet announces brand new dates for 2024, thanks to enormous demand.

“The original idea behind this show was based on the extreme journeys that I wanted to take in order to find an antidote to living a frazzled life. Along the way I wanted to find meaning, peace, happiness – the stuff we’re all chasing. However, after some transcendent experiences, I ended up in a mental institution.

Obviously, I didn’t find what I was looking for.”

‘I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was’ is Ruby’s first tour show in four years following her critically acclaimed, sell-out tour, ‘How To Be Human’.

★★★★ ‘Deeply thoughtful and resolutely frothy’ The Times

★★★★ ‘A fascinating hour in the company of a survivor’ The Telegraph

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After a complete sell-out first run in 2023, Ruby Wax’s rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet announces brand new dates for 2024, thanks to enormous demand.

“The original idea behind this show was based on the extreme journeys that I wanted to take in order to find an antidote to living a frazzled life. Along the way I wanted to find meaning, peace, happiness – the stuff we’re all chasing. However, after some transcendent experiences, I ended up in a mental institution.

Obviously, I didn’t find what I was looking for.”

‘I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was’ is Ruby’s first tour show in four years following her critically acclaimed, sell-out tour, ‘How To Be Human

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Ruby Wax Tour Dates Announced

Ruby Wax  returns to stage, following her critically acclaimed, sell out tour, How To Be Human .  A stage adaptation of her upcoming book, set for release 11th May 2023. Renowned for her comedy, her fearless approach to tackling mental well-being, and her ability to make audiences laugh and cry in equal measure.  I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was , is set to be Ruby’s rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet.  

In 2022, Ruby Wax went on a search to find meaning. She booked a series of potentially life-changing journeys. In the Dominican Republic, she went swimming with humpback whales; she joined a Christian monastery; in Greece, she worked in a refugee camp; in California, she did a silent 30-day mindfulness retreat.

The search to find meaning was about to take her in a different direction, no longer journeying in the outside world but within her own mind, and this inner journey would turn out to be the most life-changing journey of all.

“The original idea behind this show was based on the extreme journeys that I wanted to take in order to find an antidote to living a frazzled life. Along the way I wanted to find meaning, peace, happiness - the stuff we’re all chasing. However, after some transcendent experiences, I ended up in a mental institution. Obviously, I didn’t find what I was looking for.”   Directed by writer and an Olivier Award-winning director Clare Lizzimore,  I'm Not as Well as I Thought I Was , will see Ruby pushing boundaries, and making her mark as one of the most important voices in mental health today.

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Thu 14 September                             Brighton                              Theatre Royal Brighton Fri 15 September                               Aylesbury                            Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Sat 16 September                              Harpenden                          The Eric Morecambe Centre Mon 18 September                           Norwich                               Norwich Playhouse Tue 19 September                             Norwich                               Norwich Playhouse Thu 21 September                             Bridport                               Electric Palace Fri 22 September                               Hayes                                   The Beck Theatre Sat 23 September                              Birmingham                        New Alexandra Theatre Thu 28 September                             York                                      Grand Opera House Sat 30 September                              Chesterfield                         The Winding Wheel Theatre Thu 5 October                                    Liverpool                             Crypt Concert Room Fri 6 October                                      Liverpool                             Crypt Concert Room Sun 8 October                                    Lancaster                             Lancaster Grand Theatre Thu 12 October                                  Carlisle                                 Old Fire Station Fri 13 October                                    Crewe                                  Lyceum Theatre Fri 20 October                                    Newcastle                            Tyne Theatre & Opera House Sat 21 October                                   Aldershot                            Aldershot Princes Hall Thu 9 November                               Frome                                  Cheese & Grain Fri 10 November                               Swindon                              The Wyvern Theatre Thu 16 November                             Guildford                             G Live

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After 4 years, Ruby Wax returns to stage, following her critically acclaimed, sell out tour, How To Be Human . A stage adaptation of her upcoming book, set for release 11th May 2023 . Renowned for her comedy, her fearless approach to tackling mental well-being, and her ability to make audiences laugh and cry in equal measure. I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was , is set to be Ruby's rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet.

In 2022 , Ruby Wax went on a search to find meaning. She booked a series of potentially life-changing journeys. In the Dominican Republic, she went swimming with humpback whales; she joined a Christian monastery; in Greece, she worked in a refugee camp; in California, she did a silent 30-day mindfulness retreat. The search to find meaning was about to take her in a different direction, no longer journeying in the outside world but within her own mind, and this inner journey would turn out to be the most life-changing journey of all.

"The original idea behind this show was based on the extreme journeys that I wanted to take in order to find an antidote to living a frazzled life. Along the way I wanted to find meaning, peace, happiness - the stuff we're all chasing. However, after some transcendent experiences, I ended up in a mental institution. Obviously, I didn't find what I was looking for."

Directed by writer and an Olivier Award-winning director Clare Lizzimore , I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was , will see Ruby pushing boundaries, and making her mark as one of the most important voices in mental health today.

Thu 14 September: Brighton, Theatre Royal Brighton Fri 15 September: Aylesbury, Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Sat 16 September: Harpenden, The Eric Morecambe Centre Mon 18 September: Norwich, Norwich Playhouse Tue 19 September: Norwich, Norwich Playhouse Thu 21 September: Bridport, Electric Palace Fri 22 September: Hayes, The Beck Theatre Sat 23 September: Birmingham, New Alexandra Theatre Thu 28 September: York, Grand Opera House Sat 30 September: Chesterfield, The Winding Wheel Theatre Thu 5 October: Liverpool, Crypt Concert Room Fri 6 October: Liverpool, Crypt Concert Room Sun 8 October: Lancaster, Lancaster Grand Theatre Thu 12 October: Carlisle, Old Fire Station Fri 13 October: Crewe, Lyceum Theatre Fri 20 October: Newcastle, Tyne Theatre & Opera House Sat 21 October: Aldershot, Aldershot Princes Hall Thu 9 November: Frome, Cheese & Grain Fri 10 November: Swindon, The Wyvern Theatre Thu 16 November: Guildford, G Live

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Ruby Wax announces new tour I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was — pushing mental health boundaries

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3 Mar 2023, 13:23

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Iconic comedian Ruby Wax is making her way back to the stage and is set to tour the UK with her brand-new show I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was later this year. Ruby will be 'pushing boundaries, and making her mark as one of the most important voices in mental health today'.

Her promoters teased: "After 4 years, Ruby Wax returns to stage, following her critically acclaimed, sell out tour, How To Be Human. A stage adaptation of her upcoming book, set for release 11th May 2023.

"Renowned for her comedy, her fearless approach to tackling mental well-being, and her ability to make audiences laugh and cry in equal measure. I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was, is set to be Ruby's rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet.

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"In 2022, Ruby Wax went on a search to find meaning. She booked a series of potentially life-changing journeys. In the Dominican Republic, she went swimming with humpback whales; she joined a Christian monastery; in Greece, she worked in a refugee camp; in California, she did a silent 30-day mindfulness retreat.

"The search to find meaning was about to take her in a different direction, no longer journeying in the outside world but within her own mind, and this inner journey would turn out to be the most life-changing journey of all."

Ruby explained: "The original idea behind this show was based on the extreme journeys that I wanted to take in order to find an antidote to living a frazzled life. Along the way I wanted to find meaning, peace, happiness - the stuff we're all chasing.

"However, after some transcendent experiences, I ended up in a mental institution. Obviously, I didn't find what I was looking for."

The star wrote on social media: "I’m taking my new book, I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was, on tour as a stage show later this year... I spent much of 2022 going on what I thought were life-changing trips. Experiences that would hopefully give me what I’m always searching for: meaning, a point to my life, peace, happiness. You know the lyrics. "Some experiences changed my life for the better, and some helped me end up in a mental hospital, which was not expected. Imagine my surprise. "My book, and the stage show, is a road trip ricocheting from the sublime into the insane, and I’m inviting you all along for the ride. Tickets go on sale Friday 10th March."

I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was Thu 14 September                             Brighton                              Theatre Royal Brighton Fri 15 September                               Aylesbury                            Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Sat 16 September                              Harpenden                          The Eric Morecambe Centre Mon 18 September                           Norwich                               Norwich Playhouse Tue 19 September                             Norwich                               Norwich Playhouse Thu 21 September                             Bridport                               Electric Palace Fri 22 September                               Hayes                                   The Beck Theatre Sat 23 September                              Birmingham                        New Alexandra Theatre Thu 28 September                             York                                      Grand Opera House Sat 30 September                              Chesterfield                         The Winding Wheel Theatre Thu 5 October                                    Liverpool                             Crypt Concert Room Fri 6 October                                      Liverpool                             Crypt Concert Room Sun 8 October                                    Lancaster                             Lancaster Grand Theatre Thu 12 October                                  Carlisle                                 Old Fire Station Fri 13 October                                    Crewe                                  Lyceum Theatre Fri 20 October                                    Newcastle                            Tyne Theatre & Opera House Sat 21 October                                   Aldershot                            Aldershot Princes Hall Thu 9 November                               Frome                                  Cheese & Grain Fri 10 November                               Swindon                              The Wyvern Theatre Thu 16 November                             Guildford                             G Live

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Ruby Wax’s guide to surviving the 21st century

Catherine Jones talks to comedian Ruby Wax about her Sane New World tour

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She's had some well-charted ups and downs in a career spanning more than 30 years. But Ruby Wax’s latest venture definitely sees her on a high.

“I’ve never had a job where I’m this happy, never,” she reveals. “I know that sounds weird, but until something goes really wrong... and now it will, because I’m talking to you!

“So far it’s really pleasurable, because even if I wasn’t funny, I think it’s interesting. I’m not going ‘love me, love me!’ which I used to.”

The actress, comedian and, latterly, academic, is heading for Liverpool next week with her Sane New World tour.

But if you’re expecting the Ruby of yesteryear, the red-haired, red-lipped, big, bold and entertainingly brash quizzer of everyone from Fergie and Imelda Marcos to the Spice Girls, then you’re in for a surprise.

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While she’s still quick with a quip, both about herself and others, this is more reflective Wax than of old.

It turns out the American’s trademark forthright, feisty exterior hid a secret – increasingly debilitating and acute bouts of depression, which eventually led her to end up checking herself into an asylum.

But in confronting her mental health issues it has opened up a new avenue in life for the mum-of-three who decided she wanted to get to the bottom of how the brain works.

First she enrolled at Regent’s College in London to study psychotherapy and counselling, before in 2009 studying neuroscience at University College London.

From there she took a course in ‘mindfulness’, what she has described as a type of ‘psychological intervention’ which was being pioneered at the time by Oxford-based psychologist Dr Mark Williams.

And from there, she went to to Oxford to work on an MA in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.

Her previous stand-up show, Losing It, dealt with her own experience of clinical depression.

And while it played in the West End, it got its first try out in very different surroundings.

“I did it in mental institutions, so they loved me, I couldn’t say anything bad or insulting because they knew I was of the tribe,” Ruby smiles. “So I eased in really easily. And then I think as long as you’re funny, everything is forgiven.”

And so to Sane New World, based on her best-selling book of the same name, in which the 61-year-old hopes to offer ‘a manual on how to survive the 21st century’.

“It’s really for the normal mad,” she explains. “I already did a show about depression, or mental illness, so this is for everybody.

“I’m trying to put forward stuff that I believe in, but coated in comedy, otherwise you’re just giving a lecture. And I went to Oxford and wrote my dissertation, so I just spun it into comedy, to kill two birds with one stone.

“It’s harder than just being funny about cats!”

We’re are overwhelmed by the demands of the 21st century, she says, which is “too hard, too fast, and too full of fear.

“We just don’t have the bandwidth. Our brains can’t take so much information in a world where we’re bombarded by bad news and force-fed information.

“Why is everyone burning out?

“It’s the phobia of being left out. Where did that start? And that I need to be a winner on X Factor with the talent of a toothpick. Where did I get that idea?”

For Ruby, the answer to everything lies in mindfulness, a technique that aims to calm the mind by recognising what is your own particular trigger – in her case the internal monologue of self-criticism – and tackle it when it starts.

Recently she wrote about a dinner which found her sitting between Professor Brian Cox and cerebral comedian Robin Ince, where her inner monologue told her she’d be rumbled “as a complete idiot”. I tell her I felt the same way before calling her to talk about the mind.

“It’s our imagination,” she explains. “Because of course, I know stuff he doesn’t. But he’s not going to ask me about it. But I do know I’m impressed out of my pants. But I’m not even in that league. If somebody really tested me, I’d just pretend to faint!

“And then during Robin Ince’s show I started crying, because it’s stuff I studied, except he’s doing it 2,000 miles an hour and I was upset, although I think I might be a little cuter than him! He’s a genius. I hope he has problems that’s all. Otherwise it’s too much for me!”

Ince is due at this year’s Liverpool Comedy Festival.

Ruby meanwhile appears at the Playhouse next Wednesday, and then she’s back in October to announce the winner of the Mental Health and Me competition run by Writing on the Wall and the Liverpool Mental Health Consortium.

“I love Liverpool,” she volunteers. “I loved it because of the Beatles, and now I like it because you’ve built it up, it doesn’t look like it’s been bombed.”

Back in early 60s America, the young Ruby loved the Beatles so much she and her friends would “call the operator in Liverpool, so we could hear the accent – then we’d hang up on her.

“We were so excited.”

• Ruby Wax: Sane New World is at the Playhouse on September 17 at 7.30pm.
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Ruby Wax returns with brand new tour

After 4 years,  Ruby Wax  returns to stage, following her critically acclaimed, sell out tour, How To Be Human .  A stage adaptation of her upcoming book, set for release 11 th  May 2023. Renowned for her comedy, her fearless approach to tackling mental well-being, and her ability to make audiences laugh and cry in equal measure.  I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was , is set to be Ruby’s rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet.  Tickets go on general sale Friday 10 th  March at 10am via  LiveNation.co.uk In 2022, Ruby Wax went on a search to find meaning. She booked a series of potentially life-changing journeys. In the Dominican Republic, she went swimming with humpback whales; she joined a Christian monastery; in Greece, she worked in a refugee camp; in California, she did a silent 30-day mindfulness retreat.

The search to find meaning was about to take her in a different direction, no longer journeying in the outside world but within her own mind, and this inner journey would turn out to be the most life-changing journey of all. “The original idea behind this show was based on the extreme journeys that I wanted to take in order to find an antidote to living a frazzled life. Along the way I wanted to find meaning, peace, happiness – the stuff we’re all chasing. However, after some transcendent experiences, I ended up in a mental institution. Obviously, I didn’t find what I was looking for.”

Directed by writer and an Olivier Award-winning director Clare Lizzimore,  I’m Not as Well as I Thought I Was , will see Ruby pushing boundaries, and making her mark as one of the most important voices in mental health today.

I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was Thu 14 September Brighton Theatre Royal Brighton Fri 15 September Aylesbury Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Sat 16 September Harpenden The Eric Morecambe Centre Mon 18 September Norwich Norwich Playhouse Tue 19 September Norwich Norwich Playhouse Thu 21 September Bridport Electric Palace Fri 22 September Hayes The Beck Theatre Sat 23 September Birmingham New Alexandra Theatre Thu 28 September York Grand Opera House Sat 30 September Chesterfield The Winding Wheel Theatre Thu 5 October Liverpool Crypt Concert Room Fri 6 October Liverpool Crypt Concert Room Sun 8 October Lancaster Lancaster Grand Theatre Thu 12 October Carlisle Old Fire Station Fri 13 October Crewe Lyceum Theatre Fri 20 October Newcastle Tyne Theatre & Opera House Sat 21 October Aldershot Aldershot Princes Hall Thu 9 November Frome Cheese & Grain Fri 10 November Swindon The Wyvern Theatre Thu 16 November Guildford G Live

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After a complete sell-out first run in 2023, Ruby Wax's rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet announces brand new dates for 2024, thanks to enormous demand.

‘ I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was’   is Ruby’s first tour show in four years following her critically acclaimed, sell-out tour, ‘ How To Be Human’ .

An autobiographical one-woman play, "the original idea behind this show was based on the extreme journeys that I wanted to take in order to find an antidote to living a frazzled life. Along the way I wanted to find meaning, peace, happiness – the stuff we’re all chasing. However, after some transcendent experiences, I ended up in a mental institution. Obviously, I didn’t find what I was looking for."

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Ruby Wax announces more tour dates

About how she sought happiness... and ended up in a mental health clinic

Ruby Wax has announced another 32 dates for her tour, I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was, based on her memoir of the same name. 

In it, she recalls a series of life-changing journeys she undertook in search of meaning – swimming with humpback whales; embarking on a 30-day silent ​retreat in California; joining a Christian monastery.  

But it did not stave off her depression, which resurfaced, and at the start of 2022 she was admitted to a mental health clinic.  

She says: ‘The original idea behind this show was based on the extreme journeys that I wanted to take in order to find an antidote to living a frazzled life. 

‘I wanted to find meaning, peace, happiness – the stuff we’re all chasing. However, after some transcendent experiences, I ended up in a mental institution. Obviously, I didn’t find what I was looking for.’

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Ruby Wax: I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was

Jun 13, 2024

DATE / TIME: Thursday, June 13, 2024 7:30 pm

After a complete sell-out first run in 2023, Ruby Wax’s rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet announces brand new dates for 2024, thanks to enormous demand.

“The original idea behind this show was based on the extreme journeys that I wanted to take in order to find an antidote to living a frazzled life. Along the way I wanted to find meaning, peace, happiness – the stuff we’re all chasing. However, after some transcendent experiences, I ended up in a mental institution.

Obviously, I didn’t find what I was looking for.”

‘I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was’  is Ruby’s first tour show in four years following her critically acclaimed, sell-out tour, ‘ How To Be Human’. 

★★★★  ‘Deeply thoughtful and resolutely frothy’  The Times

★★★★  ‘A fascinating hour in the company of a survivor’  The Telegraph

Director & Artistic Collaborator:  Alison Summers

Set Designer:  Bob Crowley

Sound Designer:  Eleanor Isherwood

Lighting Designer:  Matt Eagland

GENRE: Comedy / Spoken Word

PRICE: £32.10

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Ruby Wax is a highly successful comedian, and presenter, who had her own show on the BBC for 25 years interviewing among others, Donald Trump, Imelda Marcos, Madonna and O.J. Simpson.  She is author of four Sunday Times best- selling books, and has also for the last 25 years been performing her live one-woman shows globally, until recently directed by the late Alan Rickman.  She has a Master's degree in Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University, and is a highly-acclaimed TedTalk Global speaker. She combines neuroscience, mindfulness and comedy in her recent tours and books, helping the world to find calm in this hectic 21st century. she was awarded an OBE for her services to mental health and is the founder of Frazzled Cafés, a place where people who are feeling frazzled can meet on a regular basis and share their personal stories in a safe, anonymous and non-judgmental environment.  Where it’s “It’s OK to not be OK.”

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After a complete sell-out first run in 2023, Ruby Wax's rawest, darkest, funniest and most compelling stage show yet announces brand new dates for 2024, thanks to enormous demand.

“The original idea behind this show was based on the extreme journeys that I wanted to take in order to find an antidote to living a frazzled life. Along the way I wanted to find meaning, peace, happiness – the stuff we’re all chasing. However, after some transcendent experiences, I ended up in a mental institution.

Obviously, I didn’t find what I was looking for.”

I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was is Ruby’s first tour show in four years following her critically acclaimed, sell-out tour, ‘How To Be Human’.

Age guidance: 14+, strong language

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‘Deeply thoughtful and resolutely frothy.'

The Telegraph

'A fascinating hour in the company of a survivor.'

Team & Cast

• Director & Artistic Collaborator: Alison Summers
• Set Designer: Bob Crowley
• Sound Designer: Eleanor Isherwood
• Lighting Designer: Matt Eagland

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Suitable for ages 14+

120 minutes

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Comedian Ruby Wax OBE is coming to Worthing!

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Closes on Saturday 28th September

Ruby Wax brings her latest tour to the West End for two weeks only. A frank, funny show about mental health, including an audience Q&A.

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