Jack Rooke
- Actor, writer and comedian
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Jack Rooke on mental health
Comedian and activist Jack Rooke's latest Edinburgh Fringe show is a tribute to his best friend and a clarion call for real action around mental health.
Jessie Thompson, Evening Standard, 3rd August 2017I talk to: Jack Rooke
Following his debut in Edinburgh in 2015 and his BBC Three series Happy Man earlier this year, Jack Rooke is returning to the Fringe this year with his second show, Happy Hour.
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 26th July 2017BWW Q&A- Jack Rooke
Jack Rooke interview.
Natalie O'Donoghue, Broadway World, 18th July 2017Jack Rooke: How me and my nan made a tragi-comedy
I don't really consider Good Grief to be a 'dead dad' show - it's far more narcissistic than that.
Jack Rooke, Chortle, 13th June 2017Jack Rooke interview
Only 23, and with something of a specialism in grief, comedian, CALM ambassador and now BBC Three documentary maker Jack Rooke is on the hunt for a better way to deal with mental illness.
Ed Gove, Royal Television Society, 28th April 2017Jack Rooke interview
A new comedy inspired by death? You've got to be joking? Actually comedian Jack Rooke is deadly serious as he draws attention to bereavement this month in Good Grief at the Soho Theatre.
Lettie McKie, Londonist, 29th November 2015Humour is the best tool to get through tragedy
My Nan and I believe humour is the best tool we have in all of us to get over the shit times, and when the town we lived in was voted the happiest place in the whole of Britain on the same day as my Dad's funeral - we had to laugh.
Jack Rooke, A Younger Theatre, 6th August 2015Interview: Jack Rooke
The Fringe is a place to share personal experience, explore ideas and broach uncomfortable topics. This is exemplified in shows like Jack Rooke's Good Grief, a comedy storytelling show with its origins in the sad loss of his father at a young age. Exploring the world of bereavement, and co-written with his nan, it's also part of Death on the Fringe, a series of shows about the topic throughout August. We spoke to Jack about this sometimes awkward subject matter...
TV Bomb, 31st July 2015