Every Brilliant Thing, with Jaime Mears

Two actresses, two pieces!
One in Portuguese, one in English.
They grow up together and debut together.


In May we premiered two versions of the same piece by Duncan Macmillan, "Every Brilliant Thing".
This month, you can be with us and watch the English version, with Jaime Mears, 3 times!

The first opportunity is on the 20th (Friday), at 11 am, in Library of Marvila [Free entry, with reservation]
27th (Friday) at 3pm in the Museum of Theater and Dance [Free entry, with reservation]
29th May (Sunday) at 5pm in Palácio Galveias Library [Free entry, with reservation]


RESERVATIONS: tce.reservas@gmail.com // www.mentedecao.pt // or leave us a message on facebook


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. 


CREDITS

Every Brilliant Thing,
from “Every Brilliant Thing”, by Duncan Macmillan

Co-direction and dramaturgy: Jaime Mears and Joana Pupo
Interpretation in english: Jaime Mears
Interpretation in portuguese: Joana Pupo
Movement director: Pepa Macua
Production director and communication: Catarina Sobral
Cultural mediation and pedagogical project: Susana Alves
Mental health consultancy: Maria João Regala
Production support and consultancy: Pedro Fabião
Translation for portuguese: Marta Amaral
Graphic design: Eduarda Lima
Illustration: Ana Madureira
Video: João Francisco Correia
Photography: Beth Freitas
Process photography: Maurício Centurión

Production: Mente de Cão - Associação Cultural
Co-Production: Rei Sem Roupa – Associação Cultural

90 min > M/16 years

This project has the support of the Portuguese Republic – Ministry of Culture, through Garantir Cultura Program, and the Quality Seal of the National Program for Mental Health of DGS.


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