Adapted by Richard Tulloch from the novel by Guus Kuijer
The Milford Asset Management Season.
A co-presentation with Q Theatre.
The Book of Everything Premiered in the 2015 Auckland Arts Festival.
Thomas sees things that others don’t — a plague of green frogs, a hailstorm in summer, tropical fish in the canals of Amsterdam. He’s keeping a diary, The Book of Everything, in which he records all that he sees. One day, he writes his greatest wish: “When I grow up, I’m going to be happy”.
It’s 1951, and to escape an unhappy household with a violent father, Thomas creates a magical world where anything is possible — odd encounters with Jesus, befriending the witch next door and falling in love for the very first time. Eventually he learns what it means to be brave.
Beautifully adapted from the novel by Guus Kuijer, THE BOOK OF EVERYTHING celebrates the limitless power of imagination and of the heart. Mothers, nephews, grandfathers, daughters, cousins, boyfriends, sisters, friends — this is theatre for anyone aged 10 — 110.
Performance
Amanda Billing
Michelle Blundell
Patrick Carroll
Stephen Lovatt
Dan Musgrove
Rima Te Wiata
Amanda Tito
Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Production
Sophie Roberts
John Verryt
Kirsty Cameron
Thomas Press
