This is an archived event from Culture Days 2021.
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Stand Up for Mental Health Comedy Show
Digital
Comedy StorytellingDate and time
Location
Online
Vancouver, BC
Directions: The comedy show will be live streamed via Zoom so you can watch from wherever you are!.
Access
Free, and accepts optional pay-what-you-may donations for admission.
Offered in English.
About
Whats so funny about mental health? As far as Stand Up For Mental Health (SMH) is concerned, everything!
Founded by award-winning counsellor and stand-up comic David Granirer who himself suffers from bipolar, SMH teaches stand-up comedy to people with mental health issues.
Come laugh your head off as David and his comics explore the lighter side of mental health!
Tickets are free but you can also make an optional $5 donation to go toward supporting the SMH program.
Links
- Make an optional $5 donation brownpapertickets.com
- Click to watch the show (7pm Oct 1st) us02web.zoom.us
Organizer
Stand Up for Mental Health Society
We believe that one of the best ways to deal with painful situations is to find the humor in them. That’s why we teach people with mental health issues to do stand-up comedy.
As far as we’re concerned it’s a great way to build confidence, reduce the shame people feel about having mental health issues, and take control of their lives while also raising awareness among the general public.
We began giving classes in the Vancouver area in 2004 and incorporated as a non-profit society in July 2010. We have a year-long program plus an alumni program for comics who have finished their first year and want to continue performing.
We do approximately 20 shows a year in the Vancouver area for all sorts of different organizations. We’ve performed for government, corporations, non-profit organizations, correctional facilities, on military bases, and we’re part of the 2nd year medical school curriculum for two universities.