Actor

Ten years on from its first performances, the smash hit show by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe returns.

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 make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything worth living for.

Ice cream.
Water fights.
Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV.
The colour yellow.
Rollercoasters.
People falling over.

Every Brilliant Thing

Traverse Theatre

This powerful story is told from the perspective of a single performer. An immersive storytelling experience performed in the round that blends comedy, improv, and audience interaction to tell the story of someone growing up in the shadow of their mother's struggle with suicidal depression while learning to grapple with their own journey.  Every Brilliant Thing provides a life-affirming jolt of humanism, reminding us that hope comes from the miracles of life’s minutiae.

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Every Brilliant Thing | Returning to The Wells Theatre Stage

Virginia Stage Company

Are you happy? We can help!

Five Prime Ministers ago, David Cameron started a ‘happiness index’ to measure how joyful the people of this nation are. Which is ironic, given what he then did. Anyway, we’ve picked up the baton and now are trying to find out what the hell we should do with it.

A new personal and political show about our desire, and the country’s struggle, to just be happy.

Actor

Jonny Donahoe

Events

Past events

4 - 7 Jun, 2025

Every Brilliant Thing · Traverse Theatre

24 - 27 Apr, 2025

Every Brilliant Thing | Returning to The Wells Theatre Stage · Virginia Stage Company

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