Culture

Be Glad You’re Neurotic is a one-man show based on Louis Edward Bisch’s self-help book, which Phil Braithwaite chanced upon in an op shop for fifty cents. For the past five years he has been putting together the show, taking Bisch’s very serious statements and turning them into humorous observations, often reflecting on things rather close to home as he journeys through his own life trying to figure it all out. What does it mean to be neurotic? Why are there so many cases of it in the modern world? What does the word even mean?

Braithwaite is travelling to Dunedin after performing the show at the Wellington Fringe Festival for a week, so we will be treated to a beautifully fine-tuned performance. If you’re intrigued and would like some answers, go along to the Globe Theatre – see if you yourself could perhaps be neurotic! Tickets are available on the door and also from dashtickets.co.nz with a special deal for students, so go get diagnosed from the doctor himself. The 9 p.m. shows are on March 15-17. Don’t miss out!