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It starts with a list: a list of everything brilliant about the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every Brilliant Thing<\/em> is a one-person show that follows one woman’s pursuit creating a comprehensive list of everything wonderful about life for their depressed mother.<\/p>\n

It charts the story of this list from her childhood through adulthood and is built upon through the highs and lows of their life.<\/p>\n

However, she is never alone in this endeavour; the story becomes a communal experience with audience members playing an active role in crafting the story in hilarious and heart-warming ways.<\/p>\n

The result is a joyful and inescapably relevant play, written by English playwright Duncan Macmillan about living life to the fullest and everything that comes with that.<\/p>\n

In what The Guardian<\/em> described as “one of the funniest shows you’ll ever see about depression”, Every Brilliant Thing<\/em> offers audiences a window into how we heal and the life-affirming power of everyday joys.<\/p>\n

The list includes: #1 Ice cream, #2 Water fights, #319 Laughing so hard you shoot milk out of your nose, #575 Piglets, and #7771 Bonfires.<\/p>\n

“You’re not alone, you’re not weird, you will get through it, and you’ve just got to hold on,” Macmillan said about the themes of his play in a 2014 interview.<\/p>\n

“That’s a very uncool, unfashionable thing for someone to say, but I really mean it. I didn’t see anyone discussing suicidal depression in a useful or interesting or accurate way.”<\/p>\n

This is Geelong Contemporary Theatre’s inaugural show.<\/p>\n

The company’s mission is to tell stories for today by creating theatre that is urgent and necessary for today’s audiences.<\/p>\n

The show stars Rachelle Lachland Goulter, a Canadian-Australian actor who has recently returned to her country of birth after a rich and diverse career creating theatre, improv, and film in and around Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Every Brilliant Thing<\/em> opened at The Potato Shed last week and will have performances tomorrow (Saturday, September 23) at 1pm and 7.30pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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