Last Saturday at the Alliance Française, Nairobi I saw Duncan Macmillan's play Every Brilliant Thing performed for the first time in Kenya by Davina Leonard. It was incredible, so was she. The show directed by John Sibi-Okumu had me wistful, melancholic, thankful, and joyful during its one-hour duration.I was hardly the only one in the room going through the emotions. The dreadlocked guy to my left who'd walked in wearing a curious face had traded it in for a satiated one by the show's end. The young lady across from me had her spectacles off, softly dabbing her wetted eyes.Every Brilliant Thing is a powerful and reflective examination of depression. The play begins with a 7-year-old girl who after the attempted suicide of her depressed mother starts a list of everything brilliant about the world - everything worth living for. No. 1 "ice cream", No. 2 "water fights", No. 3 "staying up late and being allowed to watch TV"...The fourth-wall is of little to no use in this play. The show is interactive, using audience members as Davina's supporting cast. Before starting the show, Davina passed around pieces of numbered notes to audience members. She would call out a number in the middle of the show and on cue, the audience member would audibly read out the brilliant thing written on his or her corresponding note. I had No. 26 "watching geckos" and No. 315 "the smell of old books" - coincidentally, two things I love.In truth, there's everything to love about this play. Davina and Sibi-Okumu do a great job to localise the script by re-writing parts of it for a Kenyan audience. Davina on her part breathes life to the script incredibly well. She is immense as a performer. She's funny, emotive, and a great improviser on stage. The music is exceptional too (featuring Ray Charles, Etta James, and WHAM!).Every Brilliant Thing is not just a touching tribute to kids who grew up with a depressed parent. It is also for everyone who has gone through an experience with depression and suicide. It is a mournful celebration of life's little joys; those common to us all, those shared between two people, and those only comprehensible to oneself.Catch Every Brilliant Thing now staging in Nairobi. It is one of the most fun, profound and interactive theatre experiences you'll ever have.