Dr Phil Hammond Performing at Komedia Bath

NHS specialist, Private Eye journalist, campaigner & comic, Dr Phil Hammond launches his campaign to become Health Secretary at Komedia Bath on July 4 with two funny & thought-provoking Edinburgh Fringe shows.

Join Dr Phil Hammond at Komedia Bath this July as he presents two Edinburgh Fringe preview shows for the price of one!

In ‘The Great Health Con’, Dr Phil ponders why we spend trillions on ‘health’ when, like Brexit, no one can agree what it means. So who’s conning who? The causes of illness have less to do with what’s going on inside our bodies and more to do with who’s shitting in our heads. Advertising, Inequality, Brexit, Big Pharma, Bad Porn… Dr Phil, perhaps unwisely, uses his own mental and sexual health as examples. And his favourite drug is kindness – it works for everyone and it’s very hard to get the dose wrong. So why do we still treat poverty with statins and alienation with anti-depressants? And who’s most likely to kill you; doctors, druids or the DUP? It’s time to take back control of our health. Together, and free from bullshit.

In Vote Dr Phil?, Phil charts his ill-considered plan to topple his MP, Jacob Rees-Mogg, before having a pop at Health Secretary. His campaign got off to a glorious start when he was sacked by the BBC for broadcasting to potential constituents. Undeterred, Dr Phil has made a thorough diagnosis of our terminal political system and has some radical solutions to put the pulse, hope and compassion back into public service and public services. Come hear his People’s Plan for the NHS, support Decent Deaths For All and join The Popular Front Against All Things Bad. In the case of a snap election, this show may be retrospective. In the case of somebody discovering photos of what he really got up to at medical school, Dr Phil will abruptly retire from politics citing ill health.

Don’t miss the chance to catch these two hilarious and thought-provoking Edinburgh Fringe preview shows for the price of one at Komedia Bath on Thursday 4th July!

‘If Dr Phil were a medicine, you should swig him by the litre’ - The Times

‘One of the most entertainingly subversive people on the planet’ - The Guardian

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