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Fat Chance review

“Obvious talent”

ReviewsAug 17, 2022by Emily JuppPleasance Dome, Edinburgh

Rachel Stockdale in Fat Chance at Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh

Rachel Stockdale’s one-woman show addresses the discrimination against fat and working-class people in the performance industry

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