Ruby Wax returns to the West End

First London shows in a decade

Ruby Wax is to return to the West End for the first time in ten years.

The comic will perform a two-week run of her latest show, I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was, at the Ambassadors Theatre next month.

Based on her memoirs of the same name, the show reflects on a series of experiences she tried in search of meaning – swimming with humpback whales; embarking on a 30-day silent Retreat in California and joining a Christian monastery.

However, the comedian’s depression resurfaced for the first time in a decade, and at the start of 2022 she was admitted to a mental health clinic.

'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,’ she said.

‘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 Alison Summers, the show runs in London from September 16 to 28 before embarking on a UK tour. Tickets for the West End run are available here and the tour dates are here.

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Published: 13 Aug 2024