Every Brilliant Thing

Every Brilliant Thing / charts the lengths we go to for those we love.

With his mother in hospital, a young boy constructs a list of little things to help her find a way to be happy. From ice cream and kung fu movies, to Christopher Walken’s voice and laughing so hard you shoot milk through your nose. Can this list help pull his mother from the suicidal depths of depression?

Twenty years and thousands of entries later, the list will take on a life of its own.

In this raw, real and intimate piece of theatre, what begins as a naïve way of dealing with tragedy becomes a life-long reminder that joy can be found in the seemingly insignificant – that the unremarkable can, in fact, become something quite remarkable.

Performed by British comedian Jonny Donahoe, this heart-wrenching comedy will make you laugh until you understand why you cry. From critically acclaimed seasons in Edinburgh and New York, Melbourne audiences will now have the chance 
to construct their own list of all the brilliant things / worth living for.