Almeida, LondonNeil LaBute is haunted by the American obsession with physical beauty. The Shape of Things showed a shambolic geek getting a ruinous makeover. Fat Pig attacked the idea that we all have to conform to a perfect shape. And now LaBute shows how a chance remark about a lover's features can destroy a relationship. The result is a rueful, intelligent comedy that suggests we should all stop defining ourselves…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:32PM on November 17, 2011