FAT CHANCE
WHILE SLOW OFF THE BLOCKS, the obese (“plus-size performers”) belatedly attempt to make hay in these enlightened times by claiming prejudice forces them to play jolly/tragic fat folk, rather than romantic lead roles.
Equity, no less, has now deemed “fatphobia one of the last taboos to be dealt with by our industry”. How very exciting, in one’s later professional years, to finally find a persecuted theatrical minority I can technically be part of!
★ CHAMPIONING WHAT they charmingly call “unapologetic northern voices”, folk up at York Theatre Royal eagerly highlight the unfortunate behaviour of one audience member who demanded a refund after hearing Shakespeare performed in Yorkshire accents.
Such snobbery of