Episode 15

Behind the Scenery explores a brand new Cumbrian theatrical production about depression and hope, confusion and joy, heartbreak and anger, relationships and solitude, guilt and forgiveness for this edition.

Every Brilliant Thing at Theatre by the Lake in Keswick is a play about mental health and suicide bereavement – and so much more. The production coincides with World Suicide Prevention Day⁠. It’s hoped that it will encourage further conversations about suicide awareness and prevention across Cumbria, where the suicide rate is 50% higher than the national average.

Tom Speight caught up with the play’s director, the play’s sole performer and spoke to someone from Every Life Matters, one of the Cumbrian charities supporting the production.

But he began his journey in the nerve centre of the theatre…