FREE special performances of award-winning theatre show Good Grief coming to community spaces in Huyton and St Helens!
Following sell-out runs across the UK, award-winning show Good Grief is coming to libraries in Knowsley and St Helens this November!
Programmed by Merseyside community arts organisation Heart of Glass as part of its Arts Council England funded Creative People and Places programme, in partnership with St Helens Arts in Libraries and Culture Knowsley, Good Grief offers a bold, fresh, and fearless take on grief, memory, and what it means to say goodbye.
Good Grief is created by Liverpool-based, multi-award-winning physical comedy company Ugly Bucket. The show was developed in response to the death of a close friend. Blending clowning, high-energy physical theatre, personal testimony, and a pounding techno soundtrack, Good Grief transforms a tough subject into something full of heart, humour, and honesty.
Grace Gallagher, Co-Artistic Director, Ugly Bucket, says:
“Good Grief is a show we treasure, and we’re thrilled to partner with Heart of Glass to bring it to Huyton and St Helens. This revival carries new weight following the loss of key contributor Rida Rennoldson in 2024. We’re proud to honour those who shaped the original 2019 production and to share its message with new audiences in accessible community spaces.”
Anna Kronenburg, Creative People and Places Producer, says:
“We are so excited to bring this incredible show to audiences in two beautiful community spaces. Good Grief speaks to something universal – our shared experience of loss, but also the hope, connection, and healing that can come from coming together. We hope it will connect really deeply with our communities in Huyton and St Helens.”
There will also be clowning workshops for those interested in exploring the show’s unique performance style.
Performance details:
Huyton Library Saturday 15th November
Chester Lane Library Saturday 22nd November
Both events start at 7:30pm
Tickets: FREE, booking required: https://www.heartofglass.org.uk/project-and-events/events/good-grief
About the show
A dying man’s last wish: for his friends to create a show about death.
Will it be subtle? Will it be sophisticated? Probably not — but it is his funeral. Literally.
Ugly Bucket process the loss of a friend in the only way they know how — through high-octane physical comedy, clowning, movement, and the voices of real people who’ve experienced grief in all its forms.
Good Grief is a paranormal, playful, and deeply human performance about the messiness of death — and the connections we carry forward.