Minnie Driver to perform in EVERY BRILLIANT THING as season @sohoplace extends to November 2025
Photo credit: Oliver Rosser
It has been announced that Oscar, Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actress Minnie Driver will perform in the West End premiere of Every Brilliant Thing, which has been extended by popular demand @sohoplace until 8 November.
Written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe and directed by Jeremy Herrin and Duncan Macmillan, additional dates for Lenny Henry and Jonny Donahoe have also been announced, with Minnie Driver closing the season with a four-week run from 13 October – 8 November.
First presented by Paines Plough at Roundabout at Summerhall in 2014, this wildly popular, one-person play has delighted audiences in over 80 countries worldwide, been adapted into a highly successful HBO film and now debuts in the West End @sohoplace, performed by five exceptional actors. The season opens with Lenny Henry, followed in date order by Jonny Donahoe, Ambika Mod, Sue Perkins, and concludes with Minnie Driver.
Minnie said: “I am thrilled to have been asked to be part of Every Brilliant Thing, it’s an extraordinarily unique one person show – funny, raw and kind, and crucially supported by the involvement of the audience, which adds a really interesting angle on storytelling.”
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 corrected your spelling.
A child attempts to ease their mother's depression by creating a list of all the best things in the world. Through adulthood, as the list grows, they learn the deep significance it has on their own life. Every Brilliant Thing is a comedy about the lengths we will go for those we love.
Every Brilliant Thing is designed by Vicki Mortimer, with lighting by Jack Knowles, sound by Tom Gibbons, and casting by Jessica Ronane CDG.
To book tickets for Every Brilliant Thing, please click here.
