Retirement sees psychologist find her funny bone

“There's a lot of funny stuff there,” said Nash, a local retired psychologist, who is married to Laurentian philosophy prof and former Greater Sudbury poet laureate Roger Nash. “It's just a lot of the time we get way too precious about it.”

It turned out she “quite enjoyed” doing the comedy bit, and received a lot of positive feedback. That was the start of her amateur stand-up comedy career. She's since done a couple of other comedy gigs.

Her latest show is the Rag Bag Cabaret Sudbury Saturday Night, which will take place at Little Montreal starting at 8 p.m. March 29. Nash will be joined on stage by several other performers, including award-winning comedian Rachelle Elie.

She'll share her observations on human nature, as well as her advice for women on how to deal with men.

“OK, so I'm a psychologist, but I have had a life,” she said. “I've been there and done that, most of it. You would definitely benefit from my kind of advice, darling.”

Nash, a grandmother who has reached her golden years, said she no longer fears making a fool of herself in front of an audience.

“At my age it's fine — what the hell,” she said. “As long as everybody doesn't actually boo me off the stage.”

Tickets to the Rag Bag Cabaret Sudbury Saturday Night — which is billed as a “night of comedy, magic and burlesque” — cost $50 for the dinner and show or $20 for the show only.

Pick them up at Little Montreal, located at 182 Elgin St. For group bookings, phone 705-918-2601.