Written by Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe
Directed by Lavour Addison
Performed by Brittni Shambaugh Addison
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You’re six 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 that’s worth living for. 1. Ice cream. 2. Kung Fu movies. 3. Burning things. 4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose. 5. Construction cranes. 6. Me. You leave it on her pillow. You know she’s read it because she’s corrected your spelling. Soon, the list will take on a life of its own.
The Guardian (UK) described Every Brilliant Thing as “a heart-wrenching, hilarious play…One of the funniest plays you’ll ever see about depression—and possibly one of the funniest plays you’ll ever see, full stop…There is something tough being confronted here—the guilt of not being able to make those we love happy—and it is explored with unflinching honesty.”
Join us for a powerful, interactive, one-person show about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love.
Content Warning
While this show is ultimately uplifting, it deals with the subjects of mental illness and attempted suicide, and relays a story of having to put down a family pet.