TITS/TEETH *** (uncut version)

Part of the National Youth Theatre’s season focussing on different body bits, Michael Wynne’s paired playlets offer a slick showcase for young performers.

In Tits, schoolgirl Ffion (effervescent Gwyneth Keyworth) decides that glamour modelling offers greater rewards than becoming a vet. As she’s sucked into the tawdry world of boob jobs, photoshopped film shoots and sleazy exploitation one can’t help question director Anna Niland’s decision to display almost as much flesh as the industry under attack.

Teeth could easily be renamed “Skin”, but actually penetrates deeper, as Louise’s socially crippling body dysmorphia sends her in search of “procedures” to make her perfect. What she really needs is psychiatric help and Sophie Ward convincingly portrays the obsessive distress of an attractive girl who thinks filing her teeth will lead to contentment