Benji Waterhouse: You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here - Book Tour 2025
NHS psychiatrist, award-winning comedian, and Sunday Times best-selling author Benji Waterhouse — is going on his first book tour and brings it to the Traverse Theatre on Saturday 17th May!
About Benji Waterhouse: You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here - Book Tour 2025
| 17th May 2025 | |
| 8pm | |
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Traverse Theatre 10 Cambridge Street, Edinburgh West EH1 2ED |
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| £17.50 (+ £10 for book) | |
| Visit the event website here | |
NHS psychiatrist, award-winning comedian, and Sunday Times best-selling author Benji Waterhouse — is going on his first book tour!
Through a mixture of stand-up and chapter readings he unlocks the doors to the psych ward and answers life’s big questions.
What’s the secret to happiness? What’s the best way to escape from a psychiatric hospital? And what is the difference between a psychiatrist, a psychologist and a psychic?
The show includes an exclusive book signing and Q&A (your best chance to speak to an NHS psychiatrist, without the 12-month waiting list)
You Don't Need to be Mad Here Book Tour is part of the Traverse's £1 Ticket Project.
Age 14+
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