Topic Tuesday *closed* Laughter 4 Mental health. This will make you chuckle...

How to use laughter as Medicine

Many of us enjoy a good laugh. Humour can help get us through tough times, and it can also put others at ease with confronting issues like mental illness. But there is a fine balance. Sometimes humour can be self-deprecating or stigmatizing, and it can make others feel awkward.

So how do you achieve this balance? Our special guest, Daniel Tobias, will be joining us this Topic Tuesday to discuss how. Daniel is a freelance writer, performer and creative producer who has who has recently premiered his solo show, ‘The Orchid and the Crow', which revealed very private and personal details of life (and near death) experiences.

He also works with art rock cabaret duo Die Roten Punkte, which has been nominated ten Greenroom Awards, which took out Best Production in 2008. It was also been nominated for the Total Theatre Award (Edinburgh) 2009 and the TO&ST (Time Out & Soho Theatre) Cabaret Award 2013. Since 2007, Die Roten Punkte has been touring consistently to North America, Europe and the UK.

Daniel is interested in mental health and wants to share his tricks of the trade in using humour to tell stories.

This Tuesday, drop in to share a joke, and pick up some pointers about how to deliver.

Click 'like' if we're going to see you there!