Love Stories will be adapted for the stage by Tim McGarry, with additional writing and story by Dalton and Fiona Franzmann, and directed by Sam Strong.

In 2021, internationally best-selling author Dalton spent two months on a Brisbane city streetcorner with his Olivetti typewriter asking people from all walks of life the simple question: “Can you please tell me a love story?”.

The result was a bound exploration of love in all its guises, which fast became a much-needed tonic for a pandemic and went on to win Book of the Year at the 2022 Indie Book Awards.

The unashamedly joyous stage adaptation will bring to life the love stories taken straight from the streets of Brisbane, and promises to be a dramatic, poignant and often humourous reflection on love.

Dalton’s book is a sentimental snapshot of Brisbane, and the diversity of love stories and cast in the stage adaption will hold a mirror to a contemporary Australian city.

Leading the cast are Jason Klarwein as the writer and husband, and Michala Banas as his wife – characters inspired by Dalton’s own love story with wife Franzmann.