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This is a semi-entertaining, reasonably decent family animation that begins promisingly with a swell of adventure as a young boy sets sail in a boat in search of his missing dad. But after a couple of hastily resolved peril-at-sea moments (âWeâre done for! Weâre saved!â) the script lurches into a bizarrely un-childfriendly storyline about a secretive cult.
The boy is 12-year-old Felix (nicely voiced by Daniel Brochu), who lives in Quebecâs Magdalen Islands with his mum and little sister. Two years earlier, his fisherman dad was lost at sea. Any hope that he might be alive is long gone, but Felix is determined to search the island where he was last spotted. He ropes in grumpy lighthouse-keeper Tom to help â a real old Captain Birdseye with a bushy beard and eyebrows like furry white caterpillars.
Theatre: Segal adds Every Brilliant Thing to list of bright spots in dark times The Segal Centre reopens with Duncan Macmillan’s unexpectedly feel-good hit about combatting depression, while Festival TransAmériques prepares for its own comeback.
Author of the article: Jim Burke • Special to Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Apr 29, 2021 • April 29, 2021 • 5 minute read • “Having gone through everything we have in the last year, with mental health being at the forefront of people’s lives, the show is super important right now,” actor Daniel Brochu says of Every Brilliant Thing. The interactive play centres on a list the protagonist creates of everything that makes life worth living. Photo by Leslie Schachter
The Segal Centre for Performing Arts is welcoming back audiences to the theatre with Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Johnny Donahoe. Produced in association with Hudson Village Theatre, this enlightening and hopeful play is directed by Dean Patrick Fleming (Hudson Village Theatreâs Art and The Drawer Boy) and stars Daniel Brochu (Last seen at Segal in Tribes). Every Brilliant Thing will be presented in the Segal Centre Studio following all the appropriate provincial health and safety guidelines from May 1 to May 16, 2021.
Celebrating Everyday Delights
The colour yellow. Roller coasters. Ice cream. As a mother battles chronic depression, a child creates a list of every brilliant thing he can think of, to remind him what makes life worth living. As the boy grows, so does the list. Looking back on a life of ups and downs, the man takes the audience on an inspiring journey that celebrates finding joy in daily life and being grateful for the simple pleasures hiding a