Every Brilliant Thing

In a nutshell:
A HEART OF SOLID GOLD •
HOW FAR WILL YOU GO FOR THE ONE YOU LOVE?

WRITERS DUNCAN MACMILLAN WITH JONNY DONAHOE
PERFORMER JAMES ROWLAND
DIRECTOR GEORGE PERRIN

You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She finds it hard to be happy.

You make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world.

Everything 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 

A play about depression and the lengths we go to for those we love. 

Suitable for ages 14+

Some scenes make reference to mental illness and self-harm.

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Photograph: The Other Richard Design: Thread Design 

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