This show belongs to the Adelaide Fringe 2025 season. This season is now over.

Ruby Wax with her eyes closed, smiling and holding a paper cut out of a smile in front of her face.

Ruby Wax on stage, holding a book on neuroscience.

Ruby Wax wearing a colourful red jacket, smiling.

Ruby Wax - I'm Not As Well As I Thought I Was

Following a triumphant sell-out West End run and UK tour, Ruby Wax's critically acclaimed show is touring Australia and New Zealand—don’t miss her most daring, hilarious, and unfiltered performance yet!

Based on her bestselling book, I’m Not As Well As I Thought I Was, Ruby shares with audiences her deeply personal journey through transformative experiences such as swimming with humpback whales, a silent retreat, and time at a Christian monastery. With her celebrated combination of wit and vulnerability, Ruby masterfully dismantles stereotypes around mental health and happiness.

★★★★★ "A masterclass in comedic and modern theatrical storytelling" Entertainment Focus

★★★★ "Deeply thoughtful and resolutely frothy" The Times

Presented by: Melbourne International Comedy Festival & Impatient Productions

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival is one of the three largest comedy festivals in the world, alongside Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Montreal's Just for Laughs. Held annually in Melbourne, Australia’s comedy capital, the festival features a rich mix of stand-up comedy, cabaret, theatre, street performances, and more.