“What happens when the people responsible for looking after your mental health are more dysfunctional than their clients?”
The Happy Minds Clinic, a new dark comedy written and directed by independent theatre-maker Beryl Flynn, comes to Greenwich Theatre for three performances on 16, 17 & 18 September 2026.
Taking audiences behind the closed doors of an exclusive private psychotherapy clinic — where only the wealthy can afford treatment and client retention is everything — The Happy Minds Clinic turns its attention to the people supposedly keeping everyone else sane.
The clinic’s so-called “Happy Minders” have developed a toxic workplace culture of their own. Obsessive, delusional and increasingly lost in their own fantasies, they are more concerned with protecting their positions and maintaining profits than with the wellbeing of their clients.
At the centre of the story are the clinic’s queer owner and its only male therapist. When his former girlfriend unexpectedly returns, she disrupts the carefully maintained balance of the clinic. Their growing obsession with her — combined with her own obsession with one of the clinic’s most famous clients — sets off a dangerous game of manipulation, fantasy and deceit, with consequences that threaten therapists and clients alike.
Blending dark comedy, psychological drama and workplace satire, The Happy Minds Clinic explores what happens when people become trapped in jobs they no longer want, but cannot afford to lose — and when the boundaries between professional responsibility and personal obsession begin to disappear.
One of the play’s central themes is misandry, deliberately turning the tables on the long history of misogyny experienced by women in the workplace. Through this provocative reversal, the production explores power, resentment and obsession, and the toxic cultures that can emerge when professional boundaries collapse.
The Happy Minds Clinic is an original play by independent theatre-maker Beryl Flynn, whose work explores dysfunctional relationships, workplace culture and the darker side of human behaviour.
The production is being staged independently, without the backing of a major production company.
Greenwich Theatre on 16, 17 and 18 September, from 7.30pm–9.15pm.
Tickets are £19.50 / £15.50 concessions.
