Bubble Boy (Queanbeyan Players) - Review
The Sumerians had the story of Gilgamesh The Greeks had one about their war with Troy. But we Lucky we Blessed we Have the epic known as Bubble Boy! Jimmy (Rylan Howard) and the Bubble Boy ensemble. Photo: Damien Magee So. What. The. Heck... is "Bubble Boy"? That's the question I, and most likely a lot of you, asked when Queanbeyan Players announced their first show of their 2025 season. Based on the critically polarising and box office bombing 2001 film starring Jake Gyllenhaal, the show is certainly an oddball pick for any theatre company's yearly debut. The musical itself is a vast improvement on the film, yet still there remained the outlandish humour, bizarre characters, and an almost infuriating dissonance between the humour that often made audiences gasp at its crudeness, paired with its almost child-like premise of exploring "the bubble that lies around all of our hearts". However, having viewed the show for myself,...