“Laughing non-stop since 2005”

At Shinetime we’ve been laughing, playing, dancing, singing and performing since 2005, and we’re one of the UK's leading lights in the promotion of laughter for wellbeing. We’ve enjoyed working with an enormous range of organisations large and small and we’re very proud of the reputation we’ve built up. We believe passionately that you learn best when you’re having fun, that being a ‘grown-up’ doesn’t mean you have to stop playing, and that laughter truly is the best medicine.

Leela Bunce

Leela Bunce is Shinetime’s Director and creator - one of the UK's most experienced laughter facilitators. She features regularly as a laughter expert on TV and radio including ITV’s This Morning and Loose Women, BBC Radio 2 with Chris Evans and BBC One's recent Science of the Young Ones, leading a laughter experiment in conjunction with the University of Westminster, which proved the stress relieving benefits of laughter.

Leela trained in Laughter Yoga with the Dr Kataria School of Laughter Yoga in 2005. She also completed clown, voice and physical theatre training in England and Italy with Nose to Nose, Circus Space and the Roy Hart Theatre and is touring her solo clown show Waiting For Stanley with Finger in the Pie Theatre Company. She is a trustee and committee member of the UK Laughter Network – a national group of professionals who use and promote laughter in their work. She co-runs the Laughter Network’s Advanced Laughter course with Robin Graham.

Leela has a very infectious love of life. "Mistress of Merriment and Mirth” Chris Evans.

Chris Hadfield

Chris is a highly experienced consultant, therapist, supervisor, coach, trainer and facilitator for personal and professional development of individuals, teams and organisations in diverse business sectors.

Chris was a lawyer before training as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He has worked extensively as an actor. Chris has also trained in Laughter Yoga with the Dr Kataria School of Laughter Yoga and as a clown in ‘Courage to Be’ with Nose to Nose. He has been an MBA tutor in Creativity, Innovation and Change, is an NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer and is a UKCP registered Integrative Arts Psychotherapist.

But he is at his best when he is intuitive, letting go of a need to know and enjoying the people around him and their treasure chest of gifts. Chris learns much from the fool within us all.