A brand new stage version of the multi-award winning Malorie Blackman novel, Pig Heart Boy, is coming to The Lowry this March.
Adapted by award-winning playwright Winsome Pinnock and directed by Olivier award nominee Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu, Pig Heart Boy is aiming to captivate audiences at the Lowry from March 26 to 29 as part of its UK tour.
The production is based on the 1997 novel by Blackman and tackles themes of childhood illness, identity and the profound choices we make to survive.
The story centres on main character Cameron, who dreams of living a normal life, until he is diagnosed with a serious heart condition and requires an urgent heart transplant. Cameron is offered a new heart and must choose how far he’ll go to get his old life back.
Blackman said: “Though I wrote this story a while ago, it is still as relevant today as it was when first published and the topic of organ donation is still an urgent one.
“It will be a thrill for me to see how audiences will react to the challenges Cameron faces in the play.”
Pig Heart Boy was shortlisted for the Carnegie medal and adapted by the BBC into a BAFTA award-winning television series.
Blackman is a celebrated British author, whose work, including the iconic Noughts and Crosses, has received numerous awards and critical acclaim.
Malorie Blackman novel aims to speak to both young and adult audiences, tackling complex questions about life, survival and the moral dilemmas that shape us.
As part of a project with Great Ormond Street Hospital’s arts programme, workshops have taken place in hospitals across the UK, with director Fynn-Aiduenu curating a number of poems from children with lived experiences of serious health conditions. These poems will be shown at venues nationally.
For more information on the show and tickets visit here.
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