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Jack Rooke is on a one-man mission to explore male identity, mental health & body image.

Twenty-three year old comedian Jack Rooke found success through his cathartic, award-winning stand up show Good Grief, which draws upon his experiences of losing his dad to cancer at the age of 15. Some years after, life dealt another devastating blow when his best friend Olly took his own life after battling depression.

Happy Man is Jack’s one-man mission to explore male identity, mental health and body image as he hangs out with men of different ages who have found their own ways of managing what life has thrown at them.

From immersing himself in cold-water swimming, to facing his inner demons as he bares all in a life drawing class, to dancing outside Pentonville Prison dressed up as his drag alter ego Amber Dextrous ... all this in a bid to prove he can be anyone, anywhere, all - of course - in the pursuit of happiness.

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