Every Brilliant Thing review: Show gets by with a little help from the audience

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Every Brilliant Thing review: Show gets by with a little help from the audience
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Listing all the best things in life sparks humour in a warmly therapeutic show at Metro Arts.

It’s not quite accurate to describeas a one-man show. On entering the New Benner Theatre and taking your seat from among the charmingly mismatched chairs, you’ll find a card with a number on it. This determines the part you – yes, you – will play.

As a seven-year-old he is told by his dad the confronting reason why his mum is in hospital. He decides to help her by writing a list of every brilliant thing in the world, the things that make life worth living. Number one is “ice cream”. Number two is “water fights”. Number seven is “people falling over”.

), in collaboration with comedian Jonny Donahoe. It has played the Edinburgh Festival several times and is in some ways ideal festival fare: simple, direct and a tight 80 minutes. This Queensland premiere by Metro Arts and THAT Production Company is directed by Timothy Wynn.Klarwein, who played Macbeth for Queensland Theatre in 2014, has an infectious joie de vivre and skill at improvising gags in response to his audience . So when his mood switches late in the piece, it’s quite devastating.

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