Comedians join LaBute play
April 11, 2008 – 9:11 am | by Peekay
The UK premiere of Neil LaBute’s comedy Fat Pig is set feature a cast rich in comic credentials when it opens at the Trafalgar Studio 1 in May. Kris Marshall made his name playing gormless son Nick in the equally gormless BBC comedy My Family, while Robert Webb is one half of Mitchell and Webb of Peep Show and That Mitchell And Webb Look fame. Also joining the cast is Joanna Page from the multi award-winning Gavin And Stacey.
American writer/director LaBute is to direct his play, which was first seen off-Broadway in 2004, when it premieres in London. Partially inspired by LaBute’s own experience on the Atkins diet, it follows a friendship turned love affair between Tom (Webb) and larger lady Helen (Ella Smith). It is only so long, though, before the insults start to fly from Tom’s colleagues Carter (Marshall) and Jeannie (Page).
