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This production is recommended for ages 12+.
Performance dates
1 August - 8 November 2025
Run time: 1hr 15mins
No interval
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.
Going to the theatre
One-man plays
Plays that successfully mix pathos with moments of comedy
The unique way that audience participation brings together a group of strangers
That’s how Every Brilliant Thing begins—just a list. A child writes down the things that make life worth living to help their mother through depression. The list starts with ice cream and escalates to “how Ray Charles sings youuuuu” in the song Drown In My Own Tears. Years pass. The list grows. So does its meaning.
I saw Lenny Henry perform this solo piece, though the cast rotates—Ambika Mod, Minnie Driver, Sue Perkins and co-creator Jonny Donahoe will all take turns during its run @sohoplace, recently extended until November. Whoever takes the stage, the effect is the same: a safe, open space where big laughs and quiet emotion are given equal weight
8 Aug, 2025 | By Hay Brunsdon
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