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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Arifa Akbar

Brawn review – a half-formed play about toxic male self-image

Christopher Wollaton in Brawn at the King’s Head theatre.
Heavyweight performer …Christopher Wollaton in Brawn. Photograph: Meurig Marshall

“What we are showing here is important,” says Christopher Wollaton at the end of this 50-minute play about male body dysmorphia, obsessive exercise and disordered eating. He is absolutely right; as both its writer and sole performer, his monologue grapples with issues around masculinity, mental health and skewed self-image that are not often spoken aloud.

Christopher Wollaton in Brawn at the King’s Head theatre.
‘You’ve got this’ … Christopher Wollaton. Photograph: Meurig Marshall
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