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Jack Rooke
Comedian, writer and campaigner creating work on the topic of bereavement, mental health and happiness.
Jack Rooke is a comedian, writer and campaigner from Watford.
His work as a performer explores issues of bereavement, mental health and happiness.
In 2014 Jack was featured on BBC Radio 1's Guide To Happiness documentary, and became a member of Soho Theatre's Comedy Lab. In 2015 he co-wrote his debut comedy-theatre show Good Grief with his 85-year-old Nan Sicely, which was premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to critical acclaim, before transferring to Soho Theatre for two runs. Good Grief was nominated for the Total Theatre Awards in the category of Best Show by an Emerging Artist, as well as receiving numerous five-star reviews and a highlights mention in The New York Times. He is currently developing the show for radio and television.
Jack also founded The Good Grief Project, a three-year arts project aiming to raise awareness of issues affecting vulnerable grieving people in the UK, including campaigning against proposed cuts to bereavement welfare support.
He is Radio 1's resident on-air expert in bereavement for The Surgery and an ambassador of male suicide prevention charity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably). He hosts The Guardian's Literary Institute at Camp Bestival, The Amphitheatre at Bestival and arts showcase Save The Male in aid of CALM.