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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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