Every Brilliant Thing tickets
About Every Brilliant Thing
Please note: This is a one person play and the cast will perform in rotation so check the information and dates when booking.
Lenny Henry 1st Aug - 8th Oct
Jonny Donahoe 13th Aug - 11th Nov
Ambika Mod 2nd Sep - 26th Sep
Sue Perkins 4th Sep - 27th Sep
Minnie Driver 13th Oct - 8th Nov
From Olivier Award-nominated writer Duncan Macmillan (People, Places and Things), EVERY BRILLIANT THING comes to the West End for the very first time this summer with an outstanding cast featuring Lenny Henry, Ambika Mod, Sue Perkins and the show’s original co-creator Jonny Donahoe. Co-directed by Jeremy Herrin (Best of Enemies, Wolf Hall Trilogy, Ulster American, A Mirror), this unique and critically acclaimed play has become a global stage phenomenon, playing in over 80 countries worldwide.
You’re seven years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She finds it hard to be happy. You start a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything worth living for. You leave it on her pillow. You know she’s read it because she’s corrected your spelling.
A child attempts to ease their mother's depression by creating a list of all the best things in the world. Through adulthood, as the list grows, they learn the deep significance it has on their own life. Every Brilliant Thing is a comedy about the lengths we will go for those we love.
Run time
1hr 15min.
Venue
Categories
Age
Ages 12+.
Start date
1st August, 2025
End date
8th November, 2025
Important information
Contains discussion of suicide and depression. Includes audience participation and involvement.
Every Brilliant Thing cast and creative team
By: Duncan Macmillan
Cast list: Lenny Henry, Jonny Donahoe, Sue Perkins, Ambika Mod, Minnie Driver
Venue
Soho Place
Directions
Railway station: Euston
Bus numbers: (Tottenham Ct Rd Station) 7, 10, 14, 24, 29, 73, 134, 242; (New Oxford St) 1, 8, 25, 55, 98, 176, 390
Night bus numbers: (Tottenham Ct Rd Station) 7, 10, 14, 24, 134, 242, N7, N29, N35, N68, N73, N253, N279; (New Oxford St) 25, 176, 390, N1, N8, N41, N55, N98, N171, N207
Car park: YMCA Great Russell Street (2mins), Holborn Selkirk House Museum Street (5mins)
Directions from tube: The theatre can be seen from the station, on the corner of the crossroads between Tottenham Court Road and Oxford Street.
Tickets
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