By Katerina Partolina Schwartz
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12th Aug 2023
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★★★

How To Survive and Thrive in an Impossible World – With a Piano! is a self-help, group-therapy show that really doesn’t tell us anything that we haven’t seen before.

Being at this show is like having a fuzzy blanket thrown over you

Essentially what happens during this show is that Steve Bonham and Christopher ‘the Bishop’ Lydon talk through a series of self-help techniques to help us improve our lives and increase our potential. In between their banter there are some songs, in which audience members are encouraged to participate in different ways, which admittedly is quite relaxing and fun, but very context-specific.

Being at this show is like having a fuzzy blanket thrown over you; comforting for a short period before it becomes stifling and you have to throw it off and face the real world, as well as the fact that it doesn't really do anything practical to help with the root of your problem.

A great show to start the day if you like to start the day with self-help and motivational sayings.

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Join award-winning psychologist and songwriter Steve Bonham, along with ace composer and musician Chris 'The Bishop' Lydon for our interactive wellbeing musical-show thingy! With humour, storytelling, great songs and gentle audience participation, discover the "Five Rules of the Road" for a better existence. Contemplating today's weird and unpredictable world, gain insights from psychology and life on the road. Wise, entertaining and different, this is the perfect pick-me-up to help you thrive in our mad world. Don't miss this unforgettable experience!