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This production is recommended for ages 12+.
Performance dates
1 August - 8 November 2025
Run time: 1hr 15mins
No interval
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Every Brilliant Thing London tickets
The five-star hit Every Brilliant Thing makes its long-awaited West End debut for a strictly limited season. Don’t miss your chance to see this extraordinary production in an intimate West End setting. Book your official tickets today!
About Every Brilliant Thing
What’s on the list of every brilliant thing worth living for? Ice cream. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out of your nose. This deeply moving and unexpectedly uplifting play follows one person’s journey to remind their mother - and themselves - of all the things that make life brilliant. Told with warmth and humour, it’s a powerful celebration of resilience and hope.
It’s worth the applause
- ★★★★★ ‘Rich with theatrical innovation, it is a truly brilliant thing. I wrote this with tears in my eyes’ - The Times
- ★★★★★ ‘An extraordinarily rich hour of theatre…unmissable’ - The Observer
- Throughout its 8-week run, Every Brilliant Thing will be performed by a rotating lineup of celebrated stars, including Lenny Henry, Ambika Mod, Sue Perkins, and Jonny Donahoe. Each brings their own voice to this universal story, making every performance a singular experience.
Every Brilliant Thing cast and performance schedule
Lenny Henry
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14 (2.30pm performance only), 15 (8.30pm performance only), 16, 18, 19, 21 (2.30pm performance only), 22 (8.30pm performance only), 23, 25, 26, 28 (2.30pm performance only), 29 (8.30pm performance only) and 30 August. 29 and 30 September. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 October.
Jonny Donahoe
13, 14 (7.30pm performance only), 15 (6pm performance only) 20, 21 (7.30pm performance only), 22 (6pm performance only) 27, 28 (7.30pm performance only), 29 (6pm performance only) August and 1 September. 9, 10 and 11 October.
Ambika Mod
2, 3, 4 (7.30pm performance only), 5 (6pm performance only), 6 (7.30pm performance only), 11, 12 (6pm performance only), 17, 18, 19 (6pm performance only), 24, 25 and 26 September (6pm performance only).
Sue Perkins
4 (2.30pm performance only), 5 (8.30pm performance), 6 (2.30pm performance only) 8, 9, 10, 12 (8.30pm performance only), 13, 15, 16, 19 (8.30pm performance only), 20, 22, 23, 26 (8.30pm performance only) and 27 September.
Minnie Driver
13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30 and 31 October. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 November.
Every Brilliant Thing creatives
- Writer - Duncan Macmillan
- Co-Directors - Jeremy Herrin and Duncan Macmillian
- Set & Costume Design - Vicki Mortimer
- Lighting Design - Jack Knowles
- Sound Design - Tom Gibbons
Access
BSL performance – Lenny Henry - Thursday 21st August 2.30pm. Captioned performacne – Jonny Donahoe – Monday 1st September 7.30pm. Audio Described performance – Sue Perkins – Saturday 20th September 7.30pm. BSL performance – Ambika Mod – Friday 26th September 6.00pm.Latest Every Brilliant Thing News

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Every Brilliant Thing (@sohoplace) Review: Life-affirming, heartwarming and poignant
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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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