The Happiness Project

Are we looking for happiness in all the wrong places?

A brand new Roundhouse production devised by a company of young artists, scientists and academics that explores our understanding of happiness and well-being.

" I looked for it on Blackpool beach with my Mum.
I looked for it in a raspberry ripple cheesecake.
I looked for it in detention. I looked for it online.
I looked for it in my gut.
I looked for it but it got complicated."

Devised in response to reports that raised concerns over young people’s well-being in the UK, The Happiness Project is an intergenerational piece of personal and moving contemporary theatre that journeys through autobiographical stories set to a musical landscape to explore the human condition.

Directed by Emma Higham and Tashi Gore (Glas(s) Performance), the production has been devised by young artists aged 12-19 and six academics who will also be performing in the show. Through working closely with this group of academics, the production aims to discover a place where scientific research and personal, real life experience meet.

The Happiness Project is part of the Roundhouse’s commitment to presenting professional productions created with young people. Previous productions include The Fat Girl Gets a Haircut and Other Stories, The Dark Side of Love and Puffball.