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Fringe Preview: Fat Girls in Bike Shorts

Emily AceSouth Western Times

Powerhouse duo Rosie Sitorus and Kellee Aberg will take Bunbury Fringe up a gear tonight with their self-aware comedy show Fat Girls in Bike Shorts.

Featuring an array of fabulous costumes and the “showiest of show tunes” Aberg said the show could be summed up in three words – glamorous, fun and food.

“In Fat Girls in Bike Shorts we explore the horrible problem of chaffing and how to combat it,” Aberg jested.

“That’s not exactly the whole point of the show, but that’s where we start off and we go in and start looking at body shaming – not in a heavy way – but in a way where in the end you just really have to love yourself.

“We tell a lot of stories, we try and dance, we sing a lot of original songs and we do definitely have chicken nuggets and sweet and sour sauce in the show.”

The pair met in Kalgoorlie in 2014 at a conference where it was a sweltering 37C.

“We didn’t realise it was going to be so hot, so we both wanted to go and buy bike shorts because it stops your legs from chaffing together,” Aberg said.

“The rest was history – we became friends after that and have never looked back.”

Since then the show has come on in leaps and bounds, with last year’s Fringe World performances in Perth and Mandurah completely selling out.

Aberg said they had originally created the show for themselves after finally finding another person who understood their struggles.

But the show took on more meaning after the duo realised there was an entire community who related to their message of body positivity.

“Everyone struggles with eating a 24 pack of chicken nuggets or all different kind of food regrets – we are not alone in that and we realise there is a whole community out there who is exactly the same,” Aberg said.

“But body shaming doesn’t just happen to fat people but also to skinny people, short people or all kinds of people.

“In the future we would love to take the show to the Eastern States and even internationally because body shaming doesn’t just affect people living in WA, but everyone around the world.

“We want to encourage and empower people to love and look after themselves.”

Aberg invited everyone to visit their first Bunbury show and have a good time and “a giggle”.

“We want people to come and share their stories, have a laugh at us and also at themselves because we are all human beings.”

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