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Every brilliant thing

An uplifting play about depression that, with warmth, humor and hits from 1987 to today, tackles difficult subjects in a disarming, touching and funny way. With Ellenor Lindgren.

A seven-year-old girl learns that her mother is in hospital because she no longer wants to live.
To save her mother, the girl makes a list of everything worth living for:

1. glass
2. Water wars
3. Staying up past your bedtime to watch TV
4. the color yellow
5. Things with stripes
6. interpreting with skis after snowmobiles
7. People falling over
8. Super Mario

The list keeps growing. And so does the girl.
We follow her from 1987 to today, from child to adult, through school, love, work - and new things are added to the list: dancing alone, coffee, thinking of a declaration of love. As the list fills up with positive things, she begins to realize the importance of the list in her own life. Perhaps the person who is really saved by the list is herself?

Every Brilliant Thing is the original title of the play, which in the hands of Västerbottensteatern becomes ALL THAT IS WORTH. And in this surprising monologue, the audience and the actor create the performance together.
The play is directed by Västerbottensteatern's new artistic director Johanna Salander and on stage we see Ellenor Lindgren.

 

TEATERSOPPA - 12 noon Thursday & Friday - Also includes Roasted seeds, Croutons, Soft bread and butter, Coffee.

THEATER CLUB - 19.00 - Food available for purchase on site from 17.00 - menu from Paolo's

During the spring we give TEATERKLUBB PÅ TRAPPSCENEN - evening performances that are about 1h long and with the possibility to order food, drinks
and coffee from Restaurant Paolo's which moves its serving into the stage.

A perfect end to the working day where you don't have to cook dinner and at the same time get a dose of beneficial culture. And if you just want to enjoy the theater with a cup of coffee or without buying anything to eat or drink, that's fine too!

2 hours before the performance, the doors to the Staircase Stage will open. You are welcome to order what you want to eat and drink. The evening's performance starts at 19.00. PAOLO'S MENU: https://www.paolositalian.se/menyer/skellefteaa/

 

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SUPPORT LINES

Mind
Suicide hotline:
Phone: 90101, open 24 hours a day all year round. Chat: mind.se

Spes
Support line for survivors of survivors:
020 -18 18 00, every day, 19.00 - 22.00

BRIS - support for children and young people up to 18 years old.
Phone and SMS: 116 111, 24 hours a day, all year round.
Chat: bris.se

Priest on call
Telephone: 112, ask for the priest on call. Every evening 21.00 - 06.00.
Chat: svenskakyrkan.se

Suicide Zero - for more information and to make a difference in your community.
www.suicidezero.se

SCRIPT: Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahue, original English title "Every brilliant thing"
SWEDISH TRANSLATION: Björn Lönner
PUBLISHER: Colombine Teaterförlag
Director: Johanna Salander
Dramaturg: Tora von Platen
Set and costume design: Sara Zetterlund
Participants: Ellenor Lindgren
Educator at school performances: Albin Avander

LIGHT/SOUND: Kin Isaksson & Oskar Bergkvist
DECORATOR: Helena Steisel
DECORATOR/ATTRIBUTOR Catarina Berglind
DIRECTOR: Nina Muhonen Marklund
COSTUME MASTERS: Ulrica Marklund, Terese Larsson
STAGE MANAGER/CUTLER: Jonas Åberg
Thanks to all the other staff who worked to make this performance possible!
Poster image: Lisalove Bäckman
PRESS PICTURES: Patrick Degerman
Artistic Director: Johanna Salander
CEO & PUBLISHER: Challa Gustavsson

Norran:

"If the show teaches us anything, it's that life in major and minor keys is the stuff of the world and that it beats death any day."
"Ellenor Lindgren is always good. No exception this time. She has the ability to feel equally confident whether she is playing a young girl or a mature woman, exuberantly happy or depressed, elusive or determined. "
"With "Everything that is worth", Västerbottensteatern tackles a taboo subject like suicide with warmth and humor. It is a relevant performance for everyone - not least a younger audience."
"But also because I honestly believe that the storyteller's approach to dealing with this very fickle, uncertain and always deadly condition we call life can be contagious. Because I believe that anyone who trains to learn to see and appreciate the beauty in life - everything that is worthwhile, quite simply - develops a kind of immune system that can neutralize a lot of darkness." - Pär Strömbro, Norran.

  • to 7/11 19:00 Vindeln, Forum
  • Fri 8/11 18:00 Örnsköldsvik, Folkan Theater
  • Thu 28/11 19:00 Lycksele, MB Aspen
  • 28/1 2025, 19:00, Strömsund, Saga
  • 29/1 2025, Östersund
  • 30/1 2025, Åre/Järpen
  • 31/1 2025, 19:00, Krokom, Föllinge
  • 7/2 2025, 19:00, Vännäs, Medborgarhuset
  • 24-25/2 2025, Umeå, Studion UF
  • 11-13/4 2025, Umeå, Studion UF
  • 24/4 2025, 19:00, Dorotea, MB

Tickets go on sale Wednesday 22 Jan 2025 at 10.00

Included in soup subscriptions.

Time & place

20 February at 12.00 & 19.00 and 21 February at 12.00.

Location: Staircase Stage, Sara Cultural Center (under the Cultural Staircase)

Prices

Price TEATERSOPPA at 12.00: 275 SEK incl soup. The soup is served in cooperation with Restaurant Mandel (the Wood hotel)

Price TEATERKLUBB at 19.00: 200 SEK. Food available for purchase on site from 17.00 - menu from Paolo´s

Length of performance

Duration: approx. 80 min, food is served 30 - 45 min before the performance.

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