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Jack Rooke's Good Grief: A Decade Retrospective of Capitalising on my Dead Dad to Varied Levels of Failure and Success

Jack Rooke's Good Grief: A Decade Retrospective of Capitalising on my Dead Dad to Varied Levels of Failure and Success at Òran Mór, Glasgow

Wednesday 30 September 2026
at 7:30pm
  • Jack Rooke: Good Grief £26.40

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About the show

Jack Rooke's Good Grief: a decade retrospective of capitalising on my dead dad to varied levels of failure and success.   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 wankers", and the palpable regret of his own decline into becoming said "telly wanker". 

Content Warning: this show may contain potentially triggering stories around grief, suicide and Geri leaving the Spice Girls in May 1998.

Featuring - Jack Rooke

Jack Rooke appearing at this event

Jack Rooke is a comedian, writer and regular panellist on BBC Radio 1’s The Surgery. He has presented a BBC Radio 4 comedy adaptation of Good Grief and his own BBC Three documentary about happiness.

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