Jack Rooke’s 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) returns to the comedy-theatre show that started it all. Following a completely sold out run at London’s Soho Theatre in December 2025 and January 2026, Good Grief will tour the UK in 2026, ten years on from its premiere.

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". 

Directed by Gabriel Bisset-Smith (now also a telly wanker).