Every Brilliant Thing
Fri 8 - Sat 23 September | 7.30pm; with 2pm matinees on selected dates“The funniest play you’ll see about depression” 4 stars, Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
You’re seven years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She finds it hard to be happy.
So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything worth living for.
1. Ice cream
2. Water fights
3. Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV
And as you grow, so does the list.
324. Nina Simone’s voice
761. Deciding you’re not too old to climb trees
1007. The fact that sometimes there’s a perfect song to match how you’re feeling
‘Every Brilliant Thing’ is an honest, uplifting and very funny play about mental health, resilience and the lengths we’ll go to for those we love. This life-affirming one-performer show is charmingly told with some help from the audience for a one-of-a-kind theatrical experience.