{"id":143446,"date":"2022-11-06T10:10:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T00:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/?p=143446"},"modified":"2022-11-13T06:33:39","modified_gmt":"2022-11-12T20:33:39","slug":"boy-lost-queensland-theatre-theatre-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/boy-lost-queensland-theatre-theatre-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy, Lost (Queensland Theatre) &#8211; theatre review"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Part of Belloo Creative\u2019s mission is to bring people and stories out of the shadows. Appropriately then, the female-led, award-winning company\u2019s latest production, Boy, Lost covers the true story of one family\u2019s loss and redemption. The years-in-the-making world premiere work has been adapted for the stage by Katherine Lyall-Watson from Kristina Olsson\u2019s award-winning memoir. It tells a tale of big themes in an intimate way, well suited to Queensland Theatre\u2019s black box-style studio.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_143519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143519\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-143519 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_nod21seu.jpg?resize=560%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_nod21seu.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_nod21seu.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_nod21seu.jpg?resize=272%2C182&amp;ssl=1 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-143519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photos by Cinnamon Smith<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The company in residence at Queensland Theatre in 2019 \u2013 2020 not only values the space and all its possibilities, but respects that story being told and the audience with whom they are sharing it. That starts with an explanation of what is to follow, the truth at its core and the storytelling device of two main narrators. They are the lost boy of the work\u2019s title, Peter (Morgan Francis) and Sharon (Zo\u00eb Houghton, who is Kristina Olsson\u2019s daughter). There is a warning that \u201cBoy, Lost\u201d contains strong and potentially triggering references to domestic violence, child institutionalisation, child abuse, ableism and a deceased First Nations person.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Even with all its dark themes, the piece is eloquently written, especially in the description of mother Yvonne (Hsiao-Ling Tang) through the eyes of her daughter, Sharon. Indeed, there are some lovely motifs and metaphoric descriptions woven the work. It is a crafted script and a realisation that not all plot points need to be overtly addressed in dialogue to be appreciated by an audience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-143518 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_l7m9_bs0.jpg?resize=560%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_l7m9_bs0.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_l7m9_bs0.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_l7m9_bs0.jpg?resize=272%2C182&amp;ssl=1 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tale begins when 17-year-old Yvonne and the exotic, twice-her-age Michael Mick (Stephen Geronimos) meet post-war in a Queen Street caf\u00e9. Soon, he has lured her on the Sunlander to North Queensland.\u00a0Each actor plays multiple characters, jumping in and out of different roles with simple prop or costume enhancements.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Performers slip in and out of scenes though never leave the stage. For example, Colin Smith plays both Yvonne\u2019s mother and Yvonne\u2019s second husband, with the latter serving as a reminder that for all the bad in the world, there are still good people. \u00a0Stephen Geronimos makes a menacing Mick, father to Peter, and also kind, cricket-loving friend Stevie, one of the angels in Peter\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-143516 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_c-lfyake.jpg?resize=560%2C373&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_c-lfyake.jpg?w=560&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_c-lfyake.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theblurb.com.au\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/rsz_c-lfyake.jpg?resize=272%2C182&amp;ssl=1 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Caroline Dunphy\u2019s snappy direction ensures that the show is economical in its storytelling. At 75-minutes, it is a tightly woven and rich true tale that takes its audience along on an emotional journey. Confronting subject matter is handled with sensitivity, stylised in its shadowed and silhouetted representation, yet still shocking in its impact. That is also thanks to the work of sound and lighting designers Guy Webster and David Walters respectively.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The experience of Boy, Lost is like undertaking a masterclass in storytelling. Not only is it an authentically told, deeply human story, but a real one that happened to not just this one family, but many others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>It is playing at\u00a0Queensland Theatre, Diane Cilento Studio until 20<sup>th<\/sup> November, 2022.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meredith Walker<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>For more of Meredith Walker\u2019s writings on theatre, check out<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bluecurtainsbris.wordpress.com\/\">Blue Curtains Brisbane<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part of Belloo Creative\u2019s mission is to bring people and stories out of the shadows. Appropriately then, the female-led, award-winning company\u2019s latest production, Boy, Lost covers the true story of one family\u2019s loss and redemption. 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