Project Description
Certified
Certified
Certified
Certified
February 13–15, 2020
Single Tickets: $25 | PURCHASE TICKETS
3-Show Progress Pass: $60 | PURCHASE PASS
Box Office: 416-538-0988
Jan Derbyshire’s Certified is a hilarious and heart-aching journey through the mental health system. With refreshing humour, this memoir-play cracks open the stigma around mental health and waits for your response.
Comedian and certified insane person Jan Derbyshire turns the audience into a mental health review board to help determine her current state of sanity. Through this fiercely funny one-woman show, Jan tells you all about her experience being certified a total of eight times, and how she got to where she is today. Join the irreverent fun of Jan’s journey through the mental health system and grapple with hefty questions like: how do we define “crazy” and who gets to decide? In this case: you do.
“Jan Derbyshire is a skillful comic who can make you laugh at anything”
– Irish Times
“Fully passes evaluation—a testament to a dynamic performance and delicate storytelling.”
– The Georgia Straight
COUNTRY
Canada
CURATED AND PRESENTED BY
Why Not Theatre
SCHEDULE
Thurs / Feb. 13 / 9:00pm
Fri / Feb. 14 / 9:00pm
Sat / Feb. 15 / 7:00pm (Audio described performance with post-show talk)
DURATION
70 minutes
CREDITS
Written and Performed by Jan Derbyshire
Directed by Roy Surette
Why Not Theatre acknowledges the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, the Government of Canada, and TD Bank.
LANGUAGE
Performed in English
VENUE
BMO Incubator for Live Arts
The Theatre Centre
1115 Queen St W
TICKETS
$25
Photo: Ben Laird
Certified
February 13–15, 2020
Single Tickets: $25 | PURCHASE TICKETS
3-Show Progress Pass: $60 | PURCHASE PASS
Box Office: 416-538-0988
Jan Derbyshire’s Certified is a hilarious and heart-aching journey through the mental health system. With refreshing humour, this memoir-play cracks open the stigma around mental health and waits for your response.
Comedian and certified insane person Jan Derbyshire turns the audience into a mental health review board to help determine her current state of sanity. Through this fiercely funny one-woman show, Jan tells you all about her experience being certified a total of eight times, and how she got to where she is today. Join the irreverent fun of Jan’s journey through the mental health system and grapple with hefty questions like: how do we define “crazy” and who gets to decide? In this case: you do.
“Jan Derbyshire is a skillful comic who can make you laugh at anything”
– Irish Times
“Fully passes evaluation—a testament to a dynamic performance and delicate storytelling.”
– The Georgia Straight
COUNTRY
Canada
CURATED AND PRESENTED BY
Why Not Theatre
SCHEDULE
Thurs / Feb. 13 / 9:00pm
Fri / Feb. 14 / 9:00pm
Sat / Feb. 15 / 7:00pm (Audio described performance with post-show talk)
DURATION
70 minutes
CREDITS
Written and Performed by Jan Derbyshire
Directed by Roy Surette
Why Not Theatre acknowledges the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto Arts Council, the Government of Canada, and TD Bank.
LANGUAGE
Performed in English
VENUE
BMO Incubator for Live Arts
The Theatre Centre
1115 Queen St W
TICKETS
$25
Photo: Ben Laird
