Every Brilliant Thing
Göteborg

A touching, funny and life-affirming play about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love. GEST brings this West End and Broadway hit to Sweden in a brilliant new and updated version.

”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 to make a list of everything that's brilliant about the world:

1. Ice cream

2. Water fights

3. People falling over

4. Rollercoasters

5. Laughing so hard you shoot milk through your nose."

As the boy grows into a man the list evolves too. Over 30 years and thousands of entries later, he discovers that the list might even help save himself.

Limited run: Only 11 performances.

“Every brilliant thing is unusual as it is a feelgood play about depression, transferred to Gothenburg's English speaking stage with great sensitivity for the material, by the theatre's Artistic Director Kristina Brändén Whitaker.”

“Gary Whitaker has enough rhythm in his body for a whole ragtime orchestra." Göteborgs-Posten 2017-11-10

“Everything is crafted with astonishing sharpness and with an emotional delivery that throws you between hope and despair, laughter and tears throughout the entire performance.” Scenkonstguiden 2017-11-16