Alison Spittle remembers exactly where she was when she saw photos of Adele’s weight loss. It felt like a betrayal for the fat community: it was their 9/11, she deadpans. Then a life-threatening health scare hospitalised Spittle. Friends sent kilos of Ferrero Rocher in sympathy just as Spittle decided to begin Mounjaro weight loss treatment; she reveals she’s recently lost ‘an XL bully’s worth’. Spittle chirpily unpacks her mixed feelings. She once made it a proud mission to become famous as a larger comedian, and succeeded, with regular TV stints. As a Pointless superfan, being on the show was the best day of her life. She loved being fat, she explains, but the abuse she got and realising she couldn’t fit on rollercoaster rides made her tired. 

This is no pity party; in fact Spittle dishes out laughs at a rapid rate. She crafts a very funny and moving set without wallowing, just showing flashes of the pain that led her here. Growing up on an Irish council estate, a dark childhood trauma gets a passing mention, enough for us to understand why comedy became a coping mechanism. Minus the gross-out moments, with this show, Alison Spittle is really spoiling us. 

Alison Spittle: Big, Monkey Barrel, until 24 August, 4.45pm.