Big girls keen to ride ahead of the curve

It was a meeting of minds when Mandurah 20-something performer Kellee Aberg crossed paths with fellow fat girl Rosie Sitorus.

Aberg said the pair hit it off when they met at a Kalgoorlie arts conference and found they had something unusual in common - they both favoured bike shorts as their preferred method of reducing the risk of summertime chafe.

She said a subsequent eight months of conversation about their shared experiences with men and dogs, how wine makes the world go round and their mutual hate of body-shaming led to their 60-minute show, Fat Girls in Bike Shorts, which will debut in Mandurah later this month.

"If you're more than a size eight and you wear a skirt, your legs will rub together and you will get chafe," Aberg said.

"Fat Girls in Bike Shorts includes some of our own personal stories along with singing, dancing and, of course, bike shorts."

Aberg said while the show focused on the funny side of being a bigger girl, there were some poignant moments as the pair drove home their main message of accepting who you are and extending the same courtesy to others.

She said preparing the show for its Mandurah debut, as part of Hubbub Mini Festival by the Sea, had been no small feat because the respective home towns were almost 500km apart.

"It was an interesting creative process putting the show together, because Rosie lives in Geraldton," Aberg said.

"So we could talk on the phone and email, but rehearsals could be difficult."

But, she said the pair managed to pull it off with some help from friends and mentors at The Comedy Emporium.

Fat Girls in Bike Shorts premiers at the Fish Trap Theatre, Mandurah Performing Arts Centre on Saturday, January 30, at 6pm.