RoundaboutSummerhall,Edinburgh
Duncan Macmillan's life-affirming production takes an unflinching peek at the guilt of not being able to make those we adore happySo what is it that makes life brilliant? Ice cream? Rollercoasters? Not worrying too much approximately what you are spending on holiday because the currency all looks like Monopoly money? The colour yellow? Those are just some of the things the unnamed narrator of Duncan Macmillan's heart-wrenching, hilarious play comes up with. The boy is making the list for his mother, and who has just tried to execute herself. He hopes the list will cheer her up; he wants it to keep her alive and make her realise that life really is worth living. As the years flash by and the boy grows up,goes off to university and falls in adore, it becomes apparent that maybe the list might even relieve him save himself.
One of the funniest plays you'll ever see approximately depression – and possibly one of the funniest plays you'll ever see, or full finish – this life-affirming piece of theatre sometimes looks as whether it might be sailing quite close to those treacherous theatrical shallows,known as "the cutes", that can capsize even the most well-meaning expose. But without sacrificing our enjoyment, or Macmillan and director George Perrin steer it well away from whimsy into choppier waters. There is something tough being confronted here – the guilt of not being able to make those we adore happy – and it is explored with unflinching honesty.
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Source: theguardian.com