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Every Brilliant Thing (Oberon Modern Plays)

Every Brilliant Thing (Oberon Modern Plays)

by Duncan Macmillan (Author)

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    Paperback 2015

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Synopsis

Long description: 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. Burning Things 4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose 5. Construction cranes 6. Me You leave it on her pillow. You know she's read it because she's corrected your spelling. Soon, the list will take on a life of its own. A play about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Publisher: Oberon Books
Published: 27 Mar 2015
ISBN 10: 1783191430
ISBN 13: 9781783191437

Media Reviews
'One of the funniest plays you'll ever see about depression - and possibly one of the funniest plays you'll ever see, full stop - There is something tough being confronted here - the guilt of not being able to make those we love happy - and it is explored with unflinching honesty.' Four stars - Lyn Gardner, Guardian 'Emotional, but also funny, clever, and surprisingly uplifting.' Four stars - Telegraph 'A new play about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love, involving members of the audience, making each performance unique'. Journal 'I defy anyone not to laugh and cry.' Four stars - What's on Stage 'A show that spells out a little of what depression can do to people, but it also highlights the irrepressible resilience of the human spirit and the capacity to find delight in the everyday. 'Every Brilliant Thing' should certainly be on the list. Brilliant.' - Time Out
Author Bio
Duncan Macmillan's other plays include: People, Places and Things (NationalTheatre), Lungs (Studio Theatre Washington DC/Paines Plough), 1984 (withRobert Icke - Headlong/Almeida/West End), 2071 (with Chris Rapley - RoyalCourt Theatre/Hamburg Schauspielhaus), The Forbidden Zone (Salzburg Festival/Schaubuhne Berlin), Wunschloses Ungluck (Burgtheater Vienna), Reise durch dieNacht (Schauspielhaus Koln/Theatertreffen/Festival d'Avignon), Monster (RoyalExchange Manchester).