To Make People Happy
Thu 27 August @ 7:30 pm
Thursday 27 August 2026
7.30pm, Black Swan Public House
FREE (no need to book)
This show takes place in the pub, not in the theatre.
This free performance is in partnership with Creative Arts East and Pub Aid.
There has never been a better time for an uplifting show. Written and performed by John Osborne, To Make People Happy explores the humour section of second hand book shops, jokes overheard on market stalls and finding the positives in life, even if that means finding friendship with your end-of-life carers and sharing a love of Chas and Dave with a taxi driver after the world’s least appealing wedding.
With audio clips of moments guaranteed to make an audience happy, this is a poetry show with a difference.
‘His work has an endearing gentleness that captures you and soothes you’ – Ian McMillian.
‘Beautifully-written, funny and poignant’ – The Scotsman on John Peel’s Shed.
Genre: Storytelling
Duration: 1 hour 10 mins