How do you get happy if you don’t know what it looks like? Joseph Aldous brings his award-winning glitter cannon of solo show, Get Happy, to London’s Omnibus Theatre for a strictly limited run.
“I can have what you have.
I can do it better.
I’m going to show you I can Get Happy.”
Adam’s hot gay life is going from strength to strength, and he’s having a great time, actually. But when his best friend and housemate gets engaged and moves out, it’s time to make a change. All of Adam’s queer friends are settled. Happy. What a concept.
Well, Adam can be happy too. Really, really, really, very very 100% super happy.
Armed with a sentient Alexa, a playlist of queer bangers, an extensively-tested happiness plan, every dating app under the sun and a shit-hot can-do attitude, he can’t fail. The clock’s ticking. But Adam’s going to get happy. Whatever it takes.
Clearly, absolutely nothing will go wrong.
Written with the Soho’ Writers’ Lab and the winner of the Carlo Annoni International Playwrighting Award, Get Happy is the debut show from Joseph Aldous. This glitter cannon of a show looks at queer individuals’ relationships to happiness and asks: how do we Get Happy when we don’t know what it looks like?
Following the 75-minute performance at 7.30pm on Tuesday 8 July 2025, I’ll talk to Get Happy writer/performer Joseph Aldous and members of the creative team. Any questions? Join us!