Cloudstreet has been adapted into various forms:
- Paige Gibbs adapted the book into a radio play in 1996 for ABC Radio National.[18]
- In 1998, the novel was adapted into a stage play by Nick Enright and Justin Monjo,[18] which opened in Sydney in January 1998 under the direction of Neil Armfield, produced by Company B and Black Swan Theatre for the Sydney Festival,[19] and published by Currency Press.[20] The play won several awards, including an AWGIE Award in 1999,[21] and the Helpmann Award for Best Play and Helpmann Award for Best Direction of a Play in 2002.[22] In 2019 and 2020, the play was revived in a Black Swan State Theatre Company and Malthouse Theatre co-production under the direction of Matthew Lutton, staged from February 21 to March 15, 2020 at His Majesty's Theatre as a part of Perth Festival.[23]
- A three-part television miniseries was made for the Showcase subscription television channel, which first screened from 22 May 2011.[24]
- In May 2016, an operatic version with music by George Palmer was premiered in Adelaide by the State Opera of South Australia.[25]
- In June 2023 a three part radio version was broadcast on BBC Radio 4.[1]
