Every Brilliant Thing

Nominated for Best New Entertainment or Comedy Play at the Olivier Awards 2026

If you live a long life and get to the end of it without ever once feeling crushingly depressed, then you probably weren't paying attention.

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 a list of everything that's brilliant about the world. Everything worth living for. You leave it on her pillow. You know she's read it because she's cor...