'In a year spent tending to the dead, a young man learns to live.
'Steve never imagined he’d end up working in the funeral industry. But when he finds himself living back home in Toowoomba to save up for his wedding, it’s the only job he can get.
'The year he spends working among the dead opens his eyes to what awaits us at the end and what it means to live.
'With respect, wit and a nod to pop-culture, Steve takes us on a journey that celebrates finding your place in the world, the power of personal redemption and humility in the face of the big questions.
'It’s a refreshing, honest and surprisingly uplifting invitation to start the conversations we all try to avoid.'
Source: Queensland Theatre Company.
World premiere presented by Queensland Theatre Company at the Bille Brown Theatre, 16 October - 13 November 2021.
Director: Lee Lewis.
'A play as much about life as it is about death.'
'I head to the world premiere of Return to the Dirt by Steve Pirie without reading the press materials. I like to go in uninfluenced, and that’s hard these days, to avoid the trickle down effects of hype even for a play at the Queensland Theatre Company in the Netflix age.' (Introduction)
'I head to the world premiere of Return to the Dirt by Steve Pirie without reading the press materials. I like to go in uninfluenced, and that’s hard these days, to avoid the trickle down effects of hype even for a play at the Queensland Theatre Company in the Netflix age.' (Introduction)
'A play as much about life as it is about death.'
