Theater Great Hall

September

14.4 By Juan Diego Botto, directed by Sergio Peris-Mencheta

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Season:

2025/2026

September, 27

7 p.m.

Duration

110 minutes

Languages

Spanish

Price

Between 8 and 25 euros

Recommended age

From 16 years

A drama that goes into immigration, unprotected childhood, the MENAS (immigrant minors without family support), institutional racism, and marginalization. 

14.4 is a powerful play that attempts to explore the 14.4 kilometers journey that separates two completely different worlds. Its perspective is brutally realistic, but at the same time lyric and poetic. It tells Ahmed’s story, a child who lives in the streets of Tangier after fleeing domestic violence. These streets are the stage of his adventures, misfortunes, and his greatest dream: to cross the sea and reach Spain. This country is considered to be an earthly paradise, the end of the journey, the Ithaca that all travelers dream of. 

When he is nine years old, Ahmed achieves his purpose of reaching Spain hidden under a truck. In the promised land, another odyssey begins. He has to face the harsh reality, far from what he dreamt of. This crudeness is nevertheless soothed by humorous adventures, solidarity nets, and unexpected endings. 

Produced by Barco Pirata and Teatro Español


* PRINCIPAL MENUT: Teatre Principal offers a free play center for kids with professional staff. It can be booked during the process of tickets purchase, both at the website and the tickets window. 

* ACCESSIBLE SHOW: Adapted subtitles, audio description, magnetic induction loop, and amplified sound with headphones are available for vision and hearing impaired people. Limited units. Further information and bookings: taquilla@teatreprincipal.com / educa@teatreprincipal.com


Dramaturgy
Juan Diego Botto, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, and Ahmed Younoussi

Direction
Sergio Peris-Mencheta

Performer
Ahmed Younoussi

Stage design
Alessio Meloni (AAPEE)

Lights design
Javier Ruiz de Alegría (AAPEE)

Dressings design
Elda Noriega (AAPEE)

Video design
Ezequiel Romero

Production direction and executive direction (Barco Pirata)
Nuria – Cruz Moreno

Production assistant (Barco Pirata)
Fabián Ojeda Villafuerte

Direction assistant
Óscar Martínez-Gil

Acknowledgements
Teatro Cuyás


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The press says

"Lo han vuelto a hacer. El tándem artístico formado por Sergio Peris-Mencheta y Juan Diego Botto nos vuelve a tocar la fibra con un espectáculo lleno de realidad, emoción y humanidad, y dotado de esa magia que solo ellos son capaces de crear en una sala de teatro cada vez que unen su inmenso talento"

EL TEATRERO. ALDO RUIZ

"Ahmed Younoussi se deja la piel a lo largo de las casi dos horas que tiene de duración dando un verdadero recital interpretativo, lleno cambios de ritmo y de registros y dando vida a varios personajes a una velocidad vertiginosa"

EN PLATEA. PATRICIA MORENO