Date

27 - 29 August

Time

7:00 pm

Venue

Underbelly Bristo Square

suitability

Age 16+ (Guideline)

Tickets from

£20.50

(includes booking fee)

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Comedy

Jack Rooke: Good Grief

A decade retrospective of capitalising on my dead dad to varied levels of failure and success

BAFTA winner and recovering spoken-word artist Jack Rooke (Creator of Hulu/C4's Big Boys), revives his debut comedy-theatre hour, a decade on from its first Fringe run.

Featuring the original show (co-written with his nan) and new content, this retrospective explores grief, milking having a dead dad for personal/professional gain, the innocence of writing just for oneself before the interference of "telly wankers" and the palpable regret of his own decline into becoming said "telly wanker".

Directed by Gabriel Bisset-Smith. 

Presented By

Berk's Nest in association with Soho Theatre and Curtis Brown

Duration

60 minutes

Advice

Contains distressing or potentially triggering themes, Strong language/swearing

Price

Tickets from

£20.50

(includes booking fee)

Accessibility

McEwan Hall
McEwan Hall is similar to a traditional proscenium arch theatre with seating across 3 levels: stalls, balcony and upper balcony. All levels consist of raked seating. There is a lift providing access to all levels but only the stalls level is accessible to wheelchair users. The front 5 rows of the stalls are at floor level.

For more information on accessibility and to book tickets, please contact the box office at access@underbelly.co.uk, or visit https://underbellyedinburgh.co.uk/your-visit/accessibility

Wheelchair Spaces

There are wheelchair spaces available for this event.

reviews

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

The Guardian

'Engaging, frank, humorous'

New York Times

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