NHS psychiatrist, award-winning comedian and Sunday Times best-selling author of You Don’t Have To Be Mad To Work Here, Dr Benji Waterhouse is going on his first book tour.
Combining his stand-up skills, storytelling and anecdotal chapter readings, Dr Benji 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?
A woman in a wedding dress arrives at the hospital looking for Harry Styles.
A lorry driver with schizophrenia believes he’s got a cure for coronavirus.
A depressed man hides his profession from his GP due to stigma.
Most of the psychiatric cases in his book are his patients. Some of them are family. One of them is him. Why would anyone in their right mind choose to be a psychiatrist? Are the solutions to people’s messy lives really within medical school textbooks? And how can vulnerable patients receive the care they need when psychiatry lacks staff, hospital beds and any actual cures? ‘You Don’t Have to Be Mad to Work Here’ explores these complicated questions from both sides of the doctor’s desk.
Upcoming Dates
Date: Sat 10 May 2025
Venue: Leicester The Big Difference
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Book tour
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sun 11 May 2025
Venue: Sheffield The Leadmill
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Book Tour
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Wed 14 May 2025
Venue: Hove The Old Market
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Book tour
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 16 May 2025
Venue: Hexham Queens Hall Arts Centre
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Book Tour
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 17 May 2025
Venue: Edinburgh Traverse Theatre
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Date: Sun 18 May 2025
Venue: Salford Lowry
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Book Tour
Show starts: 20:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 24 May 2025
Venue: Exeter Barnfield Theatre
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Book tour
Show starts: 19:45 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sun 25 May 2025
Venue: Birmingham Glee Club
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Book Tour
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Fri 30 May 2025
Venue: Canterbury Gulbenkian Theatre
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Date: Wed 4 Jun 2025
Venue: Bristol Redgrave Theatre
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Book tour
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Thu 5 Jun 2025
Venue: Bath Komedia
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Book tour
Show starts: 19:30 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)
Date: Sat 7 Jun 2025
Venue: Leicester Square Theatre
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Book tour
Show starts: 19:00 (Doors open approx 30 mins earlier)