# Michael Griffiths: It’s a Sin – 2014 Adelaide Fringe

**Featured** — On Your Markus  
**Published:** 24 December 2023  
**Author:** Markus Hamence  
**Source:** https://onyourmarkus.au/michael-griffiths-its-a-sin-2014-adelaide-fringe/

Songs of love and shame. For young Adelaide boy Michael Griffiths, coming of age in the ‘80s and coming out in the ‘90s was a real time. Long before marriage equality and social media, pop songs were a safe space to explore being queer and Pet Shop Boys provided a soundtrack to a gay new…

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Songs of love and shame. For young Adelaide boy Michael Griffiths, coming of age in the ‘80s and coming out in the ‘90s was a real time. Long before marriage equality and social media, pop songs were a safe space to explore being queer and Pet Shop Boys provided a soundtrack to a gay new world. Directed by Dean Bryant (Sweet Charity, Assassins) and featuring Julian Ferraretto on violin and Dylan Paul on double bass, It’s a Sin sees Griffiths bring his inimitable cabaret style to PSB classics like Rent, Love Comes Quickly, Suburbia, Go West and It’s a Sin, linking each song to some of the most important (and sometimes hilarious) episodes, incidents and people in his life.

“an instant standing ovation” – Limelight

“compelling masterful cabaret” Stage Whispers

**[Click here for my interview with Michael Griffiths 🙂](/interview/zooming-with-michael-griffiths/)**

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