BENEFIT gig Stand Up to Stop Suicide is taking place at Mood Bar on Fleet Street on Tuesday, November 13.

On the bill will be Keith Carter as Nige, Mick Ferry, Daliso Chaponda and Paul Smith, with Chris Cairns as compere.

The night is part of a comedy roadshow organised by mental health charity CALM to highlight the increasing suicide rates among men in the North West and raise money to relaunch their helpline, which has recently been shut down due to lack of funds.

David Baddiel is a patron of CALM and the charity is supported by Stewart Lee, Ed Byrne and Russell Brand among many other comics.

Chris Cairns, said: “The CALM campaign is something that fellas like, they see it around and it makes sense to them. When I was asked to do the gig I felt it was a great way to get behind the campaign and have some fun at the same time.”

Simon Howes, who is the co-ordinator for the Merseyside CALMzone added: “Comedy is a really valuable tool to enable you to look at your life in a more light-hearted way. Sometimes a good laugh enables you to feel better about yourself and your situation and that’s why we wanted to put these events on.”

Tickets are £7 (plus booking fee) from ticketweb.co.uk or 0870 600 100. For more info, visit
http://www.myspace.com/standuptostopsuicide.

And check it out – I made it all the way to the end without saying suicide is no laughing matter. Or that laughter is the best medicine. It was hard.

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