When he presents to us his stupefaction and shame, his disgrace, it is hard not to have in mind the energetic man with which the play opened. At the end he has become a tragic hero, undone by circumstance and his own weaknesses. When Krystina Butel saw her caricature that an artist drew, she became obsessed, describing the caricature as 'glamorous' and 'everything that I wanted to be.' 150,000 later, she does look like odd piece of art. The opening night audience responded most warmly to some of Okenyo's lines.ДЄs Amir, Shammas has all the requisite shades of burgeoning master-of-the-universe self-confidence and underlying insecurity. Without resorting to caricature, Butel and Okenyo catch the sound of high-flying New Yorkers, Jewish and African-American respectively. Justin Jedlica reconstructs his body to become the perfect superhero, Krystina Butel strives to become the perfect living caricature, and Sofie Vissa. Nadia Tass' production is convincing and sharply paced and the cast keeps the energy up throughout, attentively following the script's declension from good will and high hopes to bitterness and rage. Justin Jedlica rebuilds his body to become the perfect superhero Krystina Butel tries to become the perfect living caricature Sofie Vissa changes herself.

The play's revelations and shifts in mood and tone, the discordant hints of ever-approaching meltdown, keep it from ever seeming merely worthy. If it seems that Akhtar is ticking off boxes, he does this so deftly that the performance inspires admiration more than anything else. One-off special: In this one hour special, we follow three outrageous stories of individuals seeking perfection. Who is Krystina Butel The 32-year-old has spent 190k on cosmetic surgery and has lost 12 stone with an NHS gastric bypass in order to look like her caricature. Kat Stewart (Emily) in the Melbourne Theatre Company Production of Disgraced.

Butel caricature