Jack Rooke: Good Grief

BAFTA-winning writer and recovering spoken-word artist Jack Rooke (Creator of Hulu / C4’s Big Boys) brings back his debut comedy-theatre show ‘Good Grief’, a decade on from it launching his career.

Featuring the original show (co-written with his 80-year old Nan Sicely) and some present day musings, this retrospective further explores grief, ambition, being a class traitor, milking having a dead dad for personal / professional gain, the innocence of writing just for oneself before the interference of "telly w*nkers", and the palpable regret of his own decline into becoming said "telly w*nker".

Directed by Gabriel Bisset-Smith (now also a telly w*nker).

Reviews

'Good Grief 2.0 [is] a delightful and still affecting watch' - Guardian

'Engaging, frank and humorous.’ - New York Times

★★★★ 'A delight... cheerily but sensitively tackling the most painful of subjects and finding hope in them' - Scotsman