Inspired by a book of letters and stories left to him by his late father, titled ‘For Jacob’, Stop Trying To Look At My D**k! is an autobiographical dark comedy of Jacob Grunberger’s adolescence.
Through anecdotes and rap music, Jacob tells the story of the sudden death of his Jewish father when he was a child and a peripatetic childhood through Scotland and Essex as he and his mother struggled to keep afloat.
Exploring challenges and encounters with drugs and mental darkness as an adult student, Jacob discusses how conversations around his father’s death have always taken place in a context that he hasn’t designed. As a reflection of life, Jacob creates a space to honor his father and his experience of grief, identity, and vulnerability.
Writer and performer Jacob Grunberger said, “The inspiration for my piece comes from a desire to unpack elements of my own experience that define me as a performer. At the age of five my father died of cancer and that has always been something I have felt has been a taboo. Discussions around his death have always taken place in a context I haven’t designed, I wanted to own the space with which I can discuss the death of my dad and how it affected me. The piece is a show that explores the very core of who I am.”
Jacob Grunberger graduated with a Degree in Theatre and Performance from the University of Bristol in 2021. He then went on to complete his MA in Acting at Mountview in 2023 graduating with Distinction. Theatre includes: Serious Money(2023) and TV includes: We Are Lady Parts (2023). Not one to shy away when it comes to difficult and demanding roles Jacob was inspired to write his profound new work, Stop Trying To Look At My D**k! which sold out at Golden Goose Theatre earlier this year.
Stop Trying To Look At My D**k! Is at Canal Cafe Theatre 13th May to 1st June 2024
