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116 Grams: A Play to Lose Weight review – a shocking satire of body policing by Arifa Akbar

Zoo Southside, Edinburgh Letícia Rodrigues takes on the titular challenge in this show about shame, rage and how female bodies are surveilledA smiling woman steps on to the weighing scales in front of the stage. She is glamorous with bobbed blond hair, gleaming nails and a trendy red trouser suit. She is exactly 84kg, she states. It is an opening gesture reminiscent of an old-school diet club like the one her mother…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 1:35pm on August 13, 2026

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