The world premiere of the play Looking for Alibrandi, based on the novel, was created and performed by the PACT Youth Theatre in Sydney in 1995.[1] It sold out for three seasons, leading to the making of a film adaptation.[2]
The film Looking for Alibrandi (2000) starred Pia Miranda as Josephine Alibrandi, Anthony LaPaglia as her father, Michael Andretti, and Kick Gurry as her boyfriend, Jacob Coote. Melina Marchetta wrote the screenplay.[3]
Playwright and comedian Vidya Rajan created another stage adaptation of the novel, which was directed by Stephen Nicolazzo in a production that played at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne in July 2022 and then at the Belvoir in Sydney in October.[4]
