Every Brilliant Thing
In association with Second Half and Paines Plough by Duncan MacMillan with Jonny DonahoeAbout
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.
A play about depression and the lengths we go to for those we love.
Every Brilliant Thing is part of the Traverse's £1 Tickets Project.
Image: Rebecca Need-Menear
The Traverse is funded by Creative Scotland and The City of Edinburgh Council.
Reviews
★★★★★ 'Every Brilliant Thing, the mega Fringe hit by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe from ten years ago, is back — even more extraordinary, shattering and beautiful than before' - The Times, Aug 2024
★★★★★ 'Part of its wonder is that the simplest concept balloons into an extraordinarily rich hour of theatre...unmissable' - The Observer, Aug 2024
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