GOBLIN
Jack Wakely / Silent Faces
Information
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: Free – booking required
Running Time: 20 minutes
Age Recommendation: 14+
This event takes place in person in our Council Chamber
Jack doesn’t care what you think you’ve heard – there’s no goblin in this show. They’re sorry you’ve been misled so terribly. They’re just a nice, normal human being. And, quite frankly, it’s really strange that you’d believe otherwise.
GOBLIN is an honest, silly, confronting, funny, cathartic mashup of clown, new writing and Neo-Futuristic based theatre. A solo piece exploring what it means to exist under constant scrutiny, examining the performative nature of trying to ‘fit in’ and growing up in the 1990’s under Section 28.
Jack Wakely is the Co-Artistic Director of Silent Faces Theatre (Godot is a Woman, A Clown Show About Rain, Follow Suit) and a member of Degenerate Fox (The Dirty Thirty).
See this performance in a double bill with Elvis Died of Burgers.
‘Comic and compelling’ ★★★★ The Stage
‘Cheeky and geeky’ ★★★★ Guardian
*Reviews for Follow Suit and Godot is a Woman
PART OF LIBERTY FESTIVAL 2025
Liberty Festival is the Mayor of London’s flagship disability arts festival, platforming some of the most exciting disabled creatives, showcasing bold, innovative work for free that excites, challenges and reframes disability for audiences across the capital and hosted in each London Borough of Culture.
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Biographies
Jack Wakely
Jack Wakely (they/he) is an advocate for celebrating gender diversity and disability within the arts. They are focused on amplifying the stories and voices of marginalised and under-represented artists.
Jack has been Co-Artistic Director of the award-winning Silent Faces Theatre since it was founded in 2015, making brave, ridiculous, unique and challenging devised theatre. The company (Jack, Josie Underwood and Cordelia Stevenson) have written and devised Follow Suit, A Clown Show About Rain and Godot is a Woman. Godot is a Woman was published in 2022 by Renard Press.
Jack is also a founding ensemble member of Degenerate Fox Theatre, writing, directing and performing in The Dirty Thirty, a fortnightly outing of an ever-changing menu of 30 original plays, performed in one hour, against the clock.
Access
PRE EVENT INFORMATION
This event takes place in person in our Council Chamber. This space is on the first floor, with step-free access to the space via a lift.
If you have booked a ticket you will receive an email from us before your performance detailing important information about your visit.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
This performance will be BSL interpreted, Captioned and Audio Described.
Content
- Light haze
- Moment of complete darkness
This performance will be Relaxed. We invite you to make yourself comfortable and move around if you need to, and if you need to leave the performance at any point you will be allowed to return to the space when you feel ready.