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Beached stage play at Canterbury's Marlowe Theatre Studio, October and November 2014

A Kent theatre’s first in-house production has opened, starring a TV actress and an up-and-coming movie actor.

Beached stars Robin Weaver and James Dryden
Beached stars Robin Weaver and James Dryden

With adult themes and a language warning, Beached tells the story of 18-year-old Arty who, at 63 stone, is morbidly obese and the world’s fattest teenager.

All this is set to change when a reality TV crew moves in to ruthlessly document Arty’s supposed transformation from bedridden walrus to trousered sophisticate. But with the cameras rolling, something totally unexpected happens – Arty falls in love.

Beached star Robin Weaver
Beached star Robin Weaver

The play stars actress Robin Weaver, who is best known for playing Pamela Cooper in The Inbetweeners, and James Dryden as Arty, who appears in upcoming film Mr Turner.

It is the first play created by Canterbury’s Marlowe Theatre and part-funded by the Marlowe Theatre Development Trust.

Beached star James Dryden
Beached star James Dryden

James, who plays Arty, said: "Arty wants to break free. We’ve gone for more of a metaphorical view - I’m sat on a big mound of things that I might have consumed, like takeaways, and I’m built into this mound which is Arty washed-up, beached."

See it now at the Marlowe Studio until Saturday, November 1, with performances at 8pm and 2pm on the Saturday. Tickets cost £12. Visit www.marlowetheatre.com or call 01227 787787.

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