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Happy Jack

by John Godber

Cast of Happy jack Encouraged by the success of "September in the Rain" in 1984, Godber wrote "Happy Jack" in 1985. Both plays chronicle events in the lives of Jack and Liz Munroe, the playwright's grandparents.
Whilst the first play concentrates entirely upon the couples annual holidays in Blackpool, Happy Jack is a miscellany of events and happening in their life together. A life filled with hard physical work, simple pleasures and, though it may at times be difficult to believe, love. Godber re-enacts the episodes with great humour and obvious affection for these two family figures from his youth.

"A sad, bruised but richly comic love story" The Guardian

Touring from 26th June to 8th August 2009

Latest News

Christmas celebrations for the company

Both the adult and youth sections of the theatre company gathered together for a Christmas celebration. Thirty young people sat down to eat in a party atmosphere and were entertained with a murder mystery and at a separate venue twenty-two adults enjoyed dinner at The Pencraig Hotel before being entertained by the beautiful singing voice of one of our members, Sarah Hall.

Youth Team triumph at County Festival

Bare Bones Youth win the Hereford County Drama Festival. No, not just the youth category. They won best production at the festival and now go forward to the quarter finals of the All England competition!

Bare Bones in a nutshell

We are a not-for-profit touring theatre company that brings high quality, small cast plays to villages and communities in rural Herefordshire.

BareBones is comprised of a small group of experienced actors, directors and craftspeople who are passionate about theatre. Our passion and skills mean that people can enjoy live theatre on their doorstep without the need to travel long distances or spend a lot of money.

We also have a very active youth section with an exciting programme of events that provides young people with the opportunity to develop their communication and theatre skills whilst having a lot of fun mounting their own productions.

Further information about BareBones and the team behind it can be found in the About Us section of our website.

We are always keen to hear from people who are interested in joining us on or behind stage.