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A theatrical approach to mental health – Guardian

Since 2004, the Menier Chocolate Factory has been a successful theatre, transferring productions to the West End and Broadway. But, this month, the theatre is being transformed for a different purpose altogether. It will become a part-time mental health drop-in centre. It … Continue reading

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Ruby Wax, Losing It – Observer Review

It’s now such a commonplace for anyone off the telly to do a stint in the Priory, rehab and psychiatric clinic to the stars, that we rarely stop to think about the story that led them there. Former inmate Ruby … Continue reading

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Ruby Wax: Losing It – Guardian Review

Theatre can offer many things: entertainment, enlightenment, ecstasy. But this strange show is something else: theatre as therapy. In the first half Ruby Wax, accompanied by singer-pianist Judith Owen, offers a confessional cabaret about the conditions that led to her … Continue reading

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Ruby Wax – Losing It. Review By Carmel Thomason

Ruby Wax: Losing It? By Carmel Thomason | Wed, 02 June, 2010 Ruby Wax: Losing It The Lowry June 1, 2010 Early in her show Ruby Wax throws out a general statistic that one in four of us will at … Continue reading

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