AUSTRALIAN
PREMIERE
★★★★★
— BOYZ MAGAZINE, THE SCOTSMAN,
THE LIST, THE ARTS DESK
★★★★
Ground-breaking
adaptation.
— THE GUARDIAN
Unicorn Theatre
& Untitled Projects (UK)
The End
of Eddy
The Coopers Malthouse
Merlyn Theatre
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Wed—Sat 7.30pm
Sat also 2pm
Sun 3pm
1 hr 30 mins no interval
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The Coopers Malthouse
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The internationally acclaimed story comes of
age on stage.
Édouard Louis was put on the world map at
just 21 with this devastating true account of
growing up gay and poor in rural France. The
perpetual grey weather that hung over Eddy
met its human counterparts in his alcoholic
father, miserable mother, brooding half-
brother and a school culture of bullying,
homophobia and misogyny. Eddy’s only
option: to find a way out.
Based on the book
En finir avec
Eddy Bellegueule
by ÉDOUARD LOUIS
Adapter
PAMELA CARTER
Director
STEWART LAING
This adaptation of Louis’ moving memoir is
anything but deflating, however, mustering
a theatrical and televisual arsenal to reclaim
the joie de vivre every outsider deserves.
Often manifesting a mischievous irreverence
towards theatre conventions and tapping a
profound vein of empathy, The End of Eddy
draws out the universal themes inherent
in this stunning autobiography to create
something more. We know you’ll feel it too.
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