David Granirer, the founder of Stand Up For Mental Health, says the program “helps people overcome their demons and their nightmares” through writing and performing comedy.
When: Thursday Nov. 14, 7 p.m.Comedy has long been a therapeutic pressure release valve for stressed-out artists.
The 64 year-old is well known in the Vancouver area, where he teaches a standup comedy course at Langara College. It was during these classes that Granirer, who has bipolar disorder, began to think of comedy as therapy, and a positive way to promote healing and personal growth. Though his first Langara College classes outwardly had little to do with mental health, Granirer would see in people an immediate positive improvement once the laughs started.
Those who complete the initial six month program, now in its 20th year of operation, graduate to an alumni program, and from that group he has selected 10 comics from Vancouver and two from Victoria for a showcase Thursday at Heckler’s Bar & Grill on Gorge Road East. Granirer has partnered with Mental Health Recovery Partners South Island and the Greater Victoria Social Gathering Place Society for his upcoming event.
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