Following a second tour across Australia and New Zealand, the hugely acclaimed Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan will return to Europe in May 2017. The European tour of Every Brilliant Thing will begin on 2 May at Quarry Theatre in Bedford before visiting over twenty-five venues across England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France.
Every Brilliant Thing is a global phenomenon. It has now been seen by over 42,000 people across the world and performed over 350 times across 3 continents and 9 countries. The production will celebrate another milestone on 17 May 2017 when, for the first time ever, it is performed simultaneously in Sheffield and Paris.
A play about depression and the ones we love, Every Brilliant Thing was developed by Duncan Macmillan (People Places and Things, 1984) with Paines Plough over a decade ago. Through the intervening years Every Brilliant Thing has had a number a guises including an exhibition, a Facebook group and an installation, before becoming a theatre production in June 2013. After performing to 7,500 people in the 2014/15 Off Broadway season, HBO broadcasted Every Brilliant Thing to huge acclaim across North America on 26 December 2016.
James Rowland has won acclaim during the Australia and New Zealand 2017 tour since picking up the mantle from the first brilliant thing Jonny Donahoe. James has previously performed across theatre, radio and television and most recently he has appeared in immersive theatre productions such as The Crystal Maze, Heist and You Once Said Yes. He has also performed musical comedy under the stage name ‘James Rowland’ and is a member of the cabaret band The Idiot Circus. He performed his debut storytelling show Team Viking in London and Edinburgh and won The Origins Award (Vault Festival, 2016).
You’re seven years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She finds it hard to be happy.
You make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world.
Everything worth living for.
1. Ice cream
2. Water fights
3. Staying up past your bedtime and being allowed to watch TV
4. The colour yellow
5. Things with stripes
6. Rollercoasters
7. People falling over
A play about depression and the lengths we go to for those we love.
Based on true and untrue stories.
Every Brilliant Thing is part of Paines Plough’s Programme 2017 which will see the company present some of the most exciting playwrights on tour to more than 60 places across the UK and around the world.
Every Brilliant Thing is supported by Anne McMeehan and Jim Roberts and was developed with the support of nabokov and the Jersey Arts Trust.
EVERY BRILLIANT THING 2017 EUROPEAN TOUR
All dates will be performed by James Rowland apart from Théâtre des Ville, Paris which will be performed by Jonny Donahoe.
2 May
Quarry Theatre
www.quarrytheatre.org.uk
Box Office: 01234 362 337
3 May
Harrow Arts Centre
www.harrowarts.com
Box Office: 0203 773 7161
4 May
Lakeside Theatre
www.lakesidetheatre.org.uk
Box Office: 01206 873 261
5 May
Cranleigh Arts Centre
www.cranleighartscentre.org
Box Office: 01483 278 000
6 May
Studio 3 Arts
www.studio3arts.org.uk
Box office: 0208 5947 136
8 – 13 May
Roundabout @ Canary Wharf
www.canarywharf.com
Enquiries: 020 7001 3016
16 May
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk
Box Office: 01970 623 232
17 May
Sheffield Theatres
www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk
Box Office: 0114 249 6000
17 May
Théâtre des Ville, Paris
www.theatredelaville-paris.com
19 May
The Corn Hall
www.thecornhall.co.uk
Box Office: 01379 652 241
20 May
Jersey Opera House
www.jerseyoperahouse.co.uk
Box Office: 01534 511 115
23 May
Marlowe Theatre
www.marlowetheatre.com
Box Office: 0122 778 7787
24 May
Marine Theatre
www.marinetheatre.com
Box Office: 01297 442 138
25 May
The Spring
www.thespring.co.uk
Box Office: 02392 472 700
26 – 27 May
The Edge
www.edgetheatre.co.uk
Box Office: 01612829776
30 May
Dumfries and Galloway Arts Festival
www.dgartsfestival.org.uk
Box Office: 01387 253 383
31 May – 1 June
Dundee Rep
www.dundeerep.co.uk
Box Office: 01382 223 530
2 June
Brewery Arts Centre
www.breweryarts.co.uk
Box Office: 01539 725 133
3 June
Nottingham Playhouse
www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk
Box Office: 0115 9419 419
6 June
mac
www.macbirmingham.co.uk
Box Office: 01214 463232
7 – 8 June
Theatr Clwyd
www.theatrclwyd.com/en
Box Office: 01352 701521
10 June
Margate Theatre Royal
www.theatreroyalmargate.com
Box Office: 01843 292795
11 – 16 July
Pavilion Theatre, Dublin
www.paviliontheatre.ie
Box Office: + 353 1 231 2929
18 – 19 July
Everyman, Cork
www.everymancork.com
Box Office: +352 1 450 1673
20 July
Glór Theatre, Ennis, Co. Clare
www.glor.ie
+356 5 684 3103
21 July
An Grianán, Donegal
www.angrianan.com
+35 3 749 120777
