Jack Rooke, Soho Theatre Company

On the same day as his dad’s funeral, the town Jack Rooke lived in was voted ‘The Happiest Place To Live In Britain’. He was 15, in the middle of his GCSEs and after ruling out becoming an X-factor sob story, Jack used his grief to get what he wanted, out of people and life. Co-written with Jack’s 85 year-old Nan Sicely, who is featured via film, Good Grief aims to voice different perspectives to losing a loved one.

“People ask me more about my friends who’ve died than my son. I want to talk about him. It doesn’t upset me. I want to remember.”

Good Grief blends comedy, storytelling and film with a coffin full of comfort food to explore how we treat the bereaved, whilst protesting against 2017 welfare cuts for low-income grieving families and celebrating finding happiness after tragedy.