Jack was at times a miner, a father, a brawler, sometime poet, conman, lover, thug and comedian. In fact Happy Jack is probably a character we all recognize. The central character of John Godber's play is a typically Yorkshire mixture of tenderness, truculence, humour, pride and pig-ignorance. Happy Jack chronicles the lives of Godber's grandparents. All the incidents in the play are based on fact, but Godber could not separate these stories from his own life as they were being continually retold in his own household. He calls them the myths of his childhood.| 21 Nov 09 | The Gate Goole, East Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 20 Nov 09 | Ammanford Miners' Theatre Ammanford, Carmarthenshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 18 Nov 09 to 19 Nov 09 | Civic Theatre Doncaster, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 11 Nov 09 | The Met Bury, Greater Manchester Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 10 Nov 09 | South Mills Arts (formerly Rhodes Arts Complex) Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 9 Nov 09 | The Customs House South Shields, Tyne and Wear Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 8 Nov 09 | The Lantern Theatre Sheffield, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 3 Nov 09 | Blackfriars Arts Centre Boston, Lincolnshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 2 Nov 09 | Telford Theatre Telford, Shropshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 31 Oct 09 | Yvonne Arnaud Theatre Guildford, Surrey Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 30 Oct 09 | ADC Theatre Cambridge, Cambridgeshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 28 Oct 09 | Arts Centre Rotherham, South Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 20 Oct 09 | The Arts Centre (Rose Theatre) Ormskirk, Lancashire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 8 Oct 09 | The Rondo Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 6 Oct 09 | Guildhall Theatre Derby, Derbyshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
| 30 Sep 09 | Harrogate Theatre Harrogate, North Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
