Fat Pig

Trafalgar Studios
Thursday 28th August 2008 - 2.30pm

What’s it about?
How would you react if you started dating a fat girl? This is the dilemma facing Tom (Robert Webb) as he meets Helen (Ella Smith) and finds himself at odds from his best friend Carter (Kris Marshall) and Ex – Girlfriend Jeannie (Joanna Page) in the Neil LaBute comedy Fat Pig.

What’s Good?
A genuine chemistry appearing between Robert Webb and Ella Smith gives Fat Pig a warmth that is seen far too rarely in the West End these days, add in stellar performances from Kris Marshall and Joanna Page as well as some expert comic timing from all four, and you have a play which holds the audience in fits of laughter
throughout.

What’s Bad?
The play is performed to a standard whereby any negatives would merely be nit-picking at what is in fact a fantastic production.

Overall?
Fat Pig is a charmingly relevant and genuinely funny play about an all too common taboo of modern day society. A definite recommendation for fans of theatre.