Every Brilliant thing

Burbage Theatre Co proudly presents Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe, running September 11–28, 2025, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.

 

This intimate and moving play invites audiences to experience a story of joy, resilience, and the small things that make life worth living. Performed in our 77-seat Providence-area black box theatre, the production stars Stephen Thorne and is directed by Angela Brazil.

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SYNOPSIS

You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital.

Dad says she’s “done something stupid.”

She finds it hard to be happy.

So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world.

Everything that’s worth living for:

 

1. Ice cream. 

2. Kung Fu movies. 

3. Burning things. 

4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose. 

5. Construction cranes. 

6. Me. 

 

You leave it on her pillow. You know she’s read it because she’s corrected your spelling. Soon, the list will take on a life of its own. A play about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love.

 

 

Content warning:

While we promise that this play contains humor and joy, it is important to note that this play’s main themes surround and discuss depression, loss, and suicide. 

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