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How to Be Human: The Show
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Based on my latest bestselling book, my new show How to be Human: The Show answers every question you've ever had about evolution, thoughts, emotions, the body, addictions, relationships, sex, kids, the future and compassion.
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. This show will be the follow up to my sell out shows ‘Sane New World’ and ‘Frazzled’ - this time I will also have a little help from the neuroscientist and the monk in the second half of the show: 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. |
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Outrageously witty and smart, blending brilliant comedy and insightful life lessons, How to be Human is the show you need to help you upgrade your mind as much as you’ve upgraded your iPhone.
National Tour
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RUBY WAX is a successful comedian, TV writer and performer of over 25 years. Ruby additionally holds a Master ’s degree in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University, and was awarded an OBE in 2015 for her services to mental health. She is the author of books Sane New World and A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled, and has toured all over the world with the accompanying one-woman shows. Both books have reached the number one spot on the Sunday Times bestsellers list. In November 2017, she was announced as the president of the UK’s leading relationship support charity Relate. Her latest book How to be Human: The Manual is out now and published in paperback on 3 January 2019. |
DR. ASH RANPURA is a neuroscientist and clinical neurologist who has been active in brain research for over 25 years. He received his bachelor ’s degree from Yale University, completed an M.D. at the Medical College of Ohio, carried out his Ph.D. research at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in Queen Square, London, and completed his residency in clinical neurology at the Yale-New Haven Hospital. He is a sought-after public speaker, addressing audiences ranging from the American Medical Association to the British Army, and has been a writer and a host on radio programs including National Public Radio’s “Science Friday” and Audible.com’s “Wellness 101” series. He lives in Somerset with his wife, the novelist Susan Elderkin, and their son. www.ashranpura.com.
GELONG THUBTEN was educated at Oxford University and then trained as an actor. At the age of 21 he radically changed direction and ordained as a Buddhist monk at Samye Ling in Scotland, 25 years ago. He has spent 4 years in an intensive meditation retreat and now teaches mindfulness internationally, in businesses such as Google, in hospitals, schools, universities, prisons and rehab centres. He designs mindfulness courses for medical students, and helped the actors meditate on the set of Dr. Strange. The funds from Thubten’s work go to charity and he is currently writing a book on mindfulness to be published in 2019. Thubten has a mindfulness app called Samten, which also has a junior version for children. www.mindfulness.samye.org
GELONG THUBTEN was educated at Oxford University and then trained as an actor. At the age of 21 he radically changed direction and ordained as a Buddhist monk at Samye Ling in Scotland, 25 years ago. He has spent 4 years in an intensive meditation retreat and now teaches mindfulness internationally, in businesses such as Google, in hospitals, schools, universities, prisons and rehab centres. He designs mindfulness courses for medical students, and helped the actors meditate on the set of Dr. Strange. The funds from Thubten’s work go to charity and he is currently writing a book on mindfulness to be published in 2019. Thubten has a mindfulness app called Samten, which also has a junior version for children. www.mindfulness.samye.org
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How To Be Human Tour in association with Chambers Touring
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