Are You Nuts?
Exploring the un-funny side of comedy through story & animation
We need resources that normalise depression and anxiety by presenting actual people to talk openly about their issues.
- Eve Crevoshay, Take This
The Project
Each webisode of Are You Nuts? profiles a Canadian stand-up comedian opening up about their histories with depression, bi-polarity or anxiety, and how they cope. By inviting audiences to laugh–and think–about mental illness with our subjects we aim to dig deeper into topics, questions and ideas that aren’t often associated with the public personas of people who make us laugh.
Format
Each webisode blends interview and performance footage to tell each stand-up comic’s history of mental illness and comedy, while animation visually takes viewers inside a comedian’s mind to illustrate a manifestation of episodes of anxiety and/or depression.
The Comedians
We’ve partnered with Yuk Yuk’s, Canada’s premier stand-up comedy chain and with their support we’ve already received interest from over 20 Cnadadian comedians including; Big Daddy Tazz, Jeremy Hotz, Alice Rose, Chris Adoranti and Amethyst Barronis.
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Are You Nuts? is currently in the Development phase.
We’ve partnered with Yuk Yuk’s, recruited over 20 comedians and brought on leading mental health practitioners to advise through the production process. We’re currently producing the first 15 minute mini-doc on a comedian.
We need resources that normalise depression and anxiety by presenting actual people to talk openly about their issues.
- Eve Crevoshay , Take This
We need resources like Are You Nuts? that normalize depression and anxiety by making access and discussions feel accessible.
- Nadia Aleem
CREDITS
Wittle is being produced by Embreate in collaboration with Yuk Yuk’s.
CREATOR / PRODUCER Scott Nihill
PROJECT MANAGER Alison Milward
DIRECTOR Larissa Primeau