Review: Bella Hull: Piggie

Bella Hull talks about the best part of eating, ingrown toenails and ethical porn in Piggie, her second full hour since her Fringe debut in 2022. Playing a heightened version of a Zoomer (Generation Z), she reflects on why she is the way she is in a well-crafted and entertaining hour.

Living in a London flat share, 26-year-old Hull is right at the heart of the action. Looking back at her life, she’s trying to make sense of her journey so far and whether she really is all that different to the elderly Jehovah’s Witness next door. She’s likeable and polished, eloquently serving up anecdotes from her childhood and school, to dating at university and losing her virginity.

To anyone older than Hull, she’s reminiscent of your neighbour’s daughter who suddenly grew up and now she’s telling you what she has come to realise since moving away from home. Her sassy baby persona evokes a sense of wanting to protect her, as well as a curiosity about what life is like for Generation Z.

There’s something almost too polished about her delivery; the jokes too clever for her onstage persona, which feels a bit jarring. She’s got some way to go in terms of marrying up her material with the image she’s portraying, but it’s clever stuff nonetheless and Piggie is really good fun.