'Arty is huge. Ginormous. Morbidly and grossly obese, he’s in need of a gastric bypass to save his life. At over 400 kilos, he’s the world’s fattest teenager.
'Arty is also being followed by a reality TV crew. Will he lose the kilos needed to have the op? Will he survive to eat another cream puff? Will Louise, his Pathways-to-Work officer, transform his life in ways he never imagined?
'Unapologetically satiric, Beached is also the moving story of a man imprisoned in his own body. It lays bare the mercenary nature of reality TV, and turns the microscope on society’s insatiable appetite for human misery.'
Source: Griffin Theatre Company.
A rehearsed reading of 'Beached' was presented to a full house at The Wharf as part of the 2011 Sydney Writers Festival.
Performed by Griffin Theatre Company at SBW Stables Theatre, Kings Cross, NSW, 19 July - 31 August 2013.
Director: Shannon Murphy.
Set and Costume Designer: James Browne.
Lighting and AV Designer: Verity Hampson.
Sound and AV Designer: Steve Toulmin.
Dramaturg: Kit Brookman.
Assistant Director: Liz Arday.
With Gia Carides, Arka Das, Blake Davis, and Kate Mulvany.
