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Happy Place

★★★★★

Ed Fringe Review (1)

★★★★★

Fringe Biscuit

★★★★

Ed Fringe Review (2)

★★★★

Theatre Weekly

★★★★

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“Weight of the world getting you down? Get down to your nearest Happy Place and leave your worries at the door. With over seven thousand locations nationwide, we create personalised realities at affordable prices.”

Join critically acclaimed Forget About The Dog in what has been described as a Black Mirror meets Monty Python meets Jumanji adventure, exploring happiness, friendship and the role technology plays in our world. Your Happy Place awaits…

In a near dystopian future, corporations have commodified happiness into virtual reality booths called Happy Places, costing just the price of a coffee for limitless experiences. Through Forget About The Dog’s signature style of comedy, puppetry, physical theatre and live music, follow four strangers on an extraordinary journey as they find themselves locked inside their own Happy Place. As reality and fantasy start to merge, this unlikely quartet will have to traverse mountains, fight their demons and navigate customer services if they are to stop their happiness turning into a nightmare.

Happy Place is supported by Harrogate Theatre and Arts Council England.

Written, Directed & Designed by Forget About The Dog

Performed by Forget About The Dog

Lighting Design by Lucy Dennant
Original Music by Jordan Larkin
Sound Design by Robin Leitch
Image Design by Joe Dimuantes
Poster and Flyer Design by Bobby Bates 

Special thanks to Harrogate Theatre, Caitlin Mawhinney, Bobby Bates, Joe Walton, Matthew Mchale, Tom Aston and Morgan Lillie.

  • "Happy Place is a fun, inventive and thought provoking comedy – a must-see!"

    Ed Fringe Review

  • "Come for the D&D sock puppets, stay for the big-hearted adventure story."

    @filmknitter

  • "Evoking epic landscapes with clever props & polished sound design, the ensemble’s slick physical theatre & endless ingenuity is utterly brilliant."

    Fringe Biscuit

  • "Rolled a natural 20 with this show from ⁦Forget About The Dog⁩. Deserves to sell out so get in and buy tickets quick before the 5* reviews start to come in! "

    @ChrisPrentice00

  • "Forget About The Dog totally blew my mind away"

    @Lucy_Dreyer85

  • "Like Black Mirror, DnD and League of Gentlemen had a baby. "

    @SingletonPoet

  • "A dystopian comedy worthy of Black Mirror... Happy Place is a show that lives up to its name"

    Ed Fringe Review

Upcoming Shows

  • Barnsley Civic

    Saturday 1st June

    7:30PM

  • Gawsworth Village Hall, Macclesfield

    Sunday 9th June

    7:30PM