By Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
The Milford Asset Management Season.
You’re seven years old. Dad’s picked you up late from school. He tells you that Mum’s done something stupid: that she’s hurt herself because she’s so sad. You start to write a list. It’s a list of every brilliant thing in the world. Years pass, decades disappear, the world evolves, and the list takes on a life of its own — because there are plenty of brilliant things in the world, if you just know where to look.
An international sensation since its world premiere in 2014, Danielle Cormack, Jason Te Kare and Anapela Polata'ivao unite to bring Duncan Macmillan’s critically acclaimed play back to Aotearoa. Every Brilliant Thing is a warm, deep hug: a story about depression, loss, and discovering all the beautiful moments in life — whether it’s ice-cream, bumper boats, stuffing from a hangī, or peeing in the sea when nobody knows.
Every Brilliant Thing contains adult themes and references to self-harm and suicide and is recommended for ages 15 and above.
Jason Te Kare performs Every Brilliant Thing at Fale, Samoa House, 2020. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Anapela Polata'ivao performs Every Brilliant Thing at Fale, Samoa House, 2020. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Jason Te Kare performs Every Brilliant Thing at Fale, Samoa House, 2020. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Anapela Polata'ivao performs Every Brilliant Thing at Fale, Samoa House, 2020. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Jason Te Kare performs Every Brilliant Thing at Fale, Samoa House, 2020. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Anapela Polata'ivao performs Every Brilliant Thing at Fale, Samoa House, 2020. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Jason Te Kare performs Every Brilliant Thing at Fale, Samoa House, 2020. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Anapela Polata'ivao performs Every Brilliant Thing at Fale, Samoa House, 2020. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Jason Te Kare performs Every Brilliant Thing at Fale, Samoa House, 2020. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Jason Te Kare performs Every Brilliant Thing at Fale, Samoa House, 2020. Photo credit: Andi Crown Photography
Performance
Anapela Polata'ivao
Jason Te Kare
Production
Danielle Cormack
Jason Te Kare
Rachel Marlow
Leon Radojkovic
