'Boy, Lost' Opening Night!

On Saturday night we celebrated the opening of BOY, LOST at Queensland Theatre. Thank you to everyone who joined us for the premiere of this important true story, with a special thank you to the Olsson family.

It’s a world that’s been seven years in the incubation since it was first commissioned by Wesley Enoch and Queensland Theatre, and a genuine collaboration between so many people, working together to find the forms and processes to best tell this important story.

We’ve worked closely with Kristina and Sharon Olsson and with Peter Preneas during the long writing process to ensure that their family’s story is told with the sensitivity needed, and then in a year-long musical development with Morgan Francis, before bringing in David Walters, Penny Challen and Guy Webster to explore playing styles and dramaturgical design. Our incredible cast and stage management team breathe life into our ideas and it’s their hard work and discipline that make this performance possible.

BOY, LOST continues until 19 November.

Images by Cinnamon Smith.

This production has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

Supported by Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government initiative.

Creative development was supported by Brisbane City Council Creative Sparks program. The Creative Sparks Fund is a partnership between the Queensland Government and Brisbane City Council to support local arts and culture in Brisbane.

Boy, Lost was developed with support by Queensland Theatre and will premiere in 2022 in the Diane Cilento Studio, Queensland Theatre.