A new play brings Trent Dalton’s Love Stories to the stage in a joyful and exuberant celebration of love

By Caitlin West, PhD Candidate in Drama and Theatre Studies, The University of Queensland

Unapologetically sentimental, uncynically joyful, and brimming with wholeheartedness, Love Stories delivers exactly what its title promises.

Adapted by Tim McGarry from Trent Dalton’s 2021 book and directed by Sam Strong, this production is an uplifting celebration of love in all its forms.

Sitting on a street corner in Brisbane with a typewriter, an author (identified as “Husband” in the program) solicits love stories from passers-by. An exuberant and kaleidoscopic series of vignettes…

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