Actress has a light touch for subject of weight

ACTRESS Isobel Mahon knows all too well the mindset of Pam, the character she plays in the comic play, Weighing-in, which is coming to Cork after a successful run in Dublin. 

Pam seemingly has the perfect life and only attends the Easi-Slim clinic to maintain her weight. This privileged woman is obsessed with diets and exercise. Isobel, aged 53, recalls her own obsession with weight, during her boarding school years and her early 20s.

“There was a massive obsession with dieting at school,” says Mahon, best known for The Clinic and Glenroe (in which she played Michelle for 16 years).