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'It is what it is': finding a path through the fog of men's mental health

by Helen Meany

Two frank solo shows, East Belfast Boy and Every Day I Wake Up Hopeful, depict male crises with heart, humour and hip-hopSaggy and shuffling, his dressing gown flapping over a middle-aged spread, Malachy is in garrulous confessional mode. His sofa has become an analyst's couch. This is to be his final reckoning, we realise. Depression has taken a firm hold.Simon O'Gorman brings rueful charm to the role of this solita…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 2:18pm on January 31, 2019