Solo Performing Arts
Every Brilliant Thing
Biblioteca Municipal Rocha Peixoto (Municipal Library)
Synopsis
Every Brilliant Thing is a highly interactive show in which the audience becomes an integral part of the storytelling. With sensitivity and humor, the play looks at the importance of relationship, emotions and hope, alongside themes such as death, depression and suicide.
A woman tells her story from the perspective of her 7-year-old self. Her mother is depressed and so she begins writing a list of all the things worth living for:
1 • ice cream, 2 • water fights, 3 • staying up late,...
30 years later, the child has grown up but the list continues. What started as a naive attempt to protect the people she loves, reveals itself as a profound truth: the things that make life truly worth living are often with us in the small, quotidian moments, if we just pay attention to them.
Biography
Mente de Cão > Physical Theater Company based in Lisbon, created by actress and creator Joana Pupo, actress and acrobat Pepa Macua and producer Catarina Sobral. It's mission is to create artistic proposals through art, pedagogy and the exchange of experiences and languages. It collaborates with artists of various nationalities and assumes a strong international commitment.
Artistic and technical sheet
Every Brilliant Thing, from “Every Brilliant Thing”, by Duncan Macmillan
Co-direction, dramaturgy and performance Jaime Mears and Joana Pupo
Performance in portuguese Joana Pupo
Movement direction Pepa Macua
Production Manager and Communication Catarina Sobral
Cultural mediator Susana Alves
Consultant in the field of psychology Maria João Regala
Production support and Consultant Pedro Fabião
Translator for Portuguese Marta Amaral
Grafic Design Eduarda Lima
Ilustration Ana Madureira
Video João Francisco Pupo
Photography Beth Freitas
Process photography Maurício Centurión
Production Mente de Cão – Associação Cultural
Co-production Rei Sem Roupa – Associação Cultural
This project had the support of República Portuguesa – Ministério da Cultura, através do Programa Garantir Cultura, and the Quality Seal of the National Program for Mental Health of DGS.
Duration ≈ 100 minutes ● 14+
Photo © Beth Freitas
