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Event Information:

  • Tue
    13
    Nov
    2018

    A comedian, a monk and a neuroscientist help us upgrade our mind

    Buxton Opera House, Buxton, Derbyshire

    Ruby Wax a passionate advocate for better mental health reminds us How To Be Human in her new show Ruby Wax, The Monk and the Neuroscientist. Wax’s Ted talks and charity work have helped lift some of the stigma surrounding mental health.

    Discussing how we can’t stop the future from arriving, no matter what drugs we’re on.  But even if nearly every part of us becomes robotic, mechanical fingers crossed we'll still have our minds.  Hopefully we'll use them for things like compassion, instead of just chasing what’s ‘better’ like a hamster on a wheel. If we can do that, we’re on the yellow brick road to happiness.

    With a little help from monk Gelong Thubten, who explains how the mind works, and neuroscientist Ash Ranpura who explains where everything that makes us ‘us’ can be found in the brain.

    How to be Human is the show you need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you’ve upgraded your iPhone.

    This is the follow up to Ruby’s sell out shows ‘Sane New World’ and ‘Frazzled’.

    Ruby Wax, The Monk and The Neuroscientist are at Buxton Opera House on Tuesday 13 November at 7.30pm. Tickets are priced at £25. Discounts are available.

    To buy tickets contact Buxton Opera House Box Office, Tel: 01298 72190 or visit: www.buxtonoperahouse.org.uk