“Some people might think I’ve overdone it, but grief is the thing that has shaped my identity more than anything else in my life,” he says. The jokingly self-confessed “one trick pony” (actually a comedian, writer and mental health ambassador) has built a prolific career over the last seven years writing about his experiences with mental health and loss through his teens and early twenties - he’s now 27. I’m actually quite sick of myself at this point,” laughs Jack Rooke. New West End Company BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT.Tej Kohli & Ruit Foundation BRANDPOST | PAID CONTENT.