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By Dylana Kneeshaw

STAND UP FOR MENTAL HEALTH

Stand Up for Mental Health brings comedic confidence to Kamloops

Oct 10, 2019 | 5:21 PM

KAMLOOPS — As part of World Mental Health Day, the Stand-Up for Mental Health comedy show will be lightening the mood, and brightening spirits Thursday night (Oct. 10) in Kamloops.

The show is part of a larger course where participants learn how to take on the comedic stage.

Stand Up for Mental health is the creation of David Granirer, a counsellor and comedian who wanted to give people a healthy outlet.

“So I’m a comic, I’m a counsellor, and I have depression,” says Granirer, “For the past 20 years, I’ve been teaching a stand-up comedy course at Langara College, which has nothing to do with mental health. But occasionally I would see someone come through and they would have a life-changing experience, and I thought, ‘Wow, wouldn’t it be cool to give this to people who wanted the experience, and who wanted to do comedy?'”

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Tonight’s event showcases five comics, all with their own mental health and learning challenges.

“They come away with a lot of confidence,” notes Granirer. “Like I say, stand-up comedy is the hardest thing in the world, and if you can make 300 people laugh in a theatre, that’s a huge confidence builder — especially when you’re going through mental health stuff.”

Doors open at 6:30 for the 7:00 p.m show held at the Rex Theatre downtown, and tickets are still available for $20 at the door.

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