Since its debut performance in early 2022, How to Get the Menopause and Enjoy It has become a runaway success – with 100 shows nationwide, entertaining more than 10,000 comedy fans, making it one of the most successful independent shows of recent years.
The audience response has been phenomenal, with many people returning several times. Now, an autumn tour will see the show visit the Town Hall Theatre on September 1.
How to Get the Menopause and Enjoy It is not just laugh-out-loud entertaining, it's also informative, as Anne Gildea brings her keen comedic skills to a topic that affects 51 per cent of the population yet is still treated like a mystery.
What is it? Why does it happen? Why is it named after men? Why didn’t our mammies warn us about it? Is there anything you can do about it? And why oh why is so little known about this inevitable phase of lady-life? Anne answers all these menopause questions and more, as she brings TMI to a whole new level. It has generated conversations and provided an education for many women who have come to the show.
Described as “Billy Connolly meets The Vagina Monologues,” How to Get the Menopause and Enjoy It is both hilarious and informative. It's a chance to learn all about the changes involved in 'the change', while also having a good belly laugh about it.
Anne Gildea is best known as a founder member of the iconic musical comedy trio, The Nualas. She was one of, if not the, first Irish female stand-up comics, starting out in London in the late 1980s. She went on to feature in many Irish TV comedy programmes. As a writer, she has published several books, the last of which, about her treatment for breast cancer, inspired the feature film The Bright Side (Amazon Prime ).
How to Get the Menopause and Enjoy It will be at the Town Hall Theatre on Friday September 1 at 8pm. To find out more visit www.annegildea.com
