All das Schöne

In the organizer's words:

He makes a list of all the good things in and about life. "My goal was to make the thousand. And I wasn't allowed to cheat, which meant: a. No repetition. b. The things had to be really great. c. Not too many material things." He starts the list when he is seven years old, after his mother's first suicide attempt. Because she can't find anything worth living for, the son makes suggestions to her. For the seven-year-old, number one is of course "1. ice cream". Then the list lies forgotten in a box for a few years, later between the pages of a book. Again and again it falls into his hands and he always adds more things to it. In this way, the list also became a document of his life. When he started university and fell in love for the first time, he added: "517. being so familiar with someone that you let them look to see if you have parsley leftovers between your teeth" or "253 263. the feeling of calm after realizing that, even though you're in a mess, there's nothing you can do about it."
British author Duncan Macmillan has written a life-affirming monologue on the deadly serious subject of depression, completely unsentimental and funny. Written as an account of a son dealing with the suicide of his own mother, the play tells us a lot about our current times: what do we miss in exceptional circumstances, who or what will we have to say goodbye to in the future, and what are the beautiful things in our lives? What would you put on the list?