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You''re six years old. Mum''s in hospital. Dad says she''s ''done something stupid''. She finds it hard to be happy.So you start to make a list of everything that''s brilliant about the world. Everything that''s worth living for.1. Ice Cream2. Kung Fu Movies3. Burning Things4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose5. Construction cranes6. MeYou leave it on her pillow. You know she''s read it because she''s corrected your spelling. Soon, the list will take on a life of its own.A new play about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love.>
About the author
Duncan Macmillan’s work has been performed throughout the world, including at the National Theatre, Royal Court, Almeida, Barbican, St Ann’s Warehouse, Melbourne Theatre Company, Berliner Ensemble, Hamburg Schauspielhaus, Schauspielhaus Köln, Burgtheater Vienna, Vesturport, Kansallisteatteri, Nationaltheatret Oslo and in the repertory of the Schaubühne Berlin, as well as the Edinburgh Festival, the Manchester International Festival, Salzburg Festival, Festival d’Avignon and Theatertreffen, in the West End and on Broadway.
His plays include Lungs; People, Places and Things; Every Brilliant Thing; Rosmersholm (adapt. Henrik Ibsen); 1984 (adapt. George Orwell, co-written and co-directed with Robert Icke); City Of Glass (adapt. Paul Auster) and 2071 (co-written with Chris Rapley), all published by Oberon Books. Other plays include The Forbidden Zone; Wunschloses Unglück (adapt. Peter Handke); Reise Durch die Nacht (adapt. Friederike Mayröcker). Both 1984 and People, Places and Things were nominated for Best New Play at the Olivier Awards.
