THEATRE

116 Grams: A Play to Lose Weight

Letícia Rodrigues

Venue

ZOO Southside

Dates

7–30 Aug 2026

Time

8:20pm · 60min

Price

from £8

Gorda has a precise objective: to lose 116 grams. Each performance becomes a peculiar training session where theatre meets workout. She runs, calculates, improvises and revisits fragments of memory and theory. What begins as a physical task slowly unfolds into a performative experiment about discipline, control and the absurd demands placed on bodies – especially women's bodies. As the audience watches the body pushed to its limits, the question shifts: is she trying to lose weight or trying to understand what it means to perform? The show is part of São Paulo Showcase.