#PULSE15 – Every Brilliant Thing

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

A Paines Plough and Pentabus Theatre Company Production

By Duncan Macmillan

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. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose
4. Construction cranes
5. Me

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

Based on true and untrue stories.

★★★★ The Guardian - "Heart-wrenching, hilarious...possibly one of the funniest plays you'll ever see."

★★★★ The Telegraph - "Funny, clever, and surprisingly uplifting."

★★★★ Time Out London - "Filled to the brim with joy...beautiful, heart wrenching and very funny."

★★★★ WhatsOnStage - "Beautifully directed...perfectly cast...deeply personal. I defy anyone not to laugh and cry."

★★★★ The Independent - "Dual interest in joy and sorrow... a perfect balance."

★★★★ The Sunday Times - "Absurdly cherishable...fantastically likeable."

★★★★ The Scotsman - " A piece that demonstrates why life is worth living... you'll leave feeling elated."

★★★★ Evening Standard - "Immensely likeable...with great sensitivity behind the abundant laughs."

With Jonny Donahoe
Directed by George Perrin