Fourteen

Name: Fourteen
Start: 2024-08-07T18:30:00+09:30
End: 2024-08-07T21:30:00+09:30
Location: Adelaide Festival Centre

Schedule

Wed Aug 07 2024 at 06:30 pm to 09:30 pm

UTC+09:30

Location

Adelaide Festival Centre | Adelaide, SA

Fourteen by Shannon Molloy
Adapted by Shake & Stir with Shannon Molloy
7 - 10 Aug 2024
The year is 1999 and Shannon has a secret.
Shannon Molloy is a year 9 student at an all-boys rugby-mad Catholic school in regional Queensland, with a secret that no one can ever find out. Shannon is gay.
Based on the best-selling memoir by award-winning journalist Shannon Molloy, Fourteen is the inspirational true story of growing up gay in central Queensland, transformed into a powerful must-see theatre production by nationally acclaimed Shake & Stir Theatre Co.
This moving coming-of-age memoir about adversity and tragedy is also a story of resilience, hope and hilarity – thanks to the love of a group of close-knit friends, a fiercely protective family, an extraordinary mother and… S Club 7.
So press play on your discman, lose yourself in a pumping 90s pop remix and take a technicoloured trip back to your teens. This is Fourteen.
Funny, sad and true, this is a play that will foster conversation, and save lives.
— The Australian
Utterly captivating, heart wrenching, and witty, this adaption of Shannon Molloy’s memoir was lovingly brought to life.
— Theatre Travels
In classic Shake & Stir fashion, the performance never shied away from confronting topics, but not without the quick gag slotted in to ease the tension and remind the audience that there is light at the end of the tunnel.
— The Courier-Mail