Boy Swallows Universe — Queensland Theatre, Brisbane

Set in the backstreets of suburban Brisbane, Trent Dalton’s award-winning 2018 novel Boy Swallows Universe is destined to become an Aussie classic. It follows a young boy, his prophetic brother and his jailbreaking best friend as they navigate the heroin-filled underworld of 80s Queensland. And it’s about to come to life on the stage.

Between Monday, August 30–Saturday, September 18 this year, the stage version of the novel will world premiere in Brisbane. Originally slated to debut in 2020 before the pandemic postponed much of the year’s events, it’ll now arrive this year instead. It’s a co-production between Queensland Theatre and Brisbane Festival, with the former’s ex-Artistic Director Sam Strong directing the…