"Welcome to Burger King, can I take your order? OINK."
It's the refrain drive-thru customers heard when the fast food chain employed Whangarei actor Anthony Crum, now channelling the frustration of the burger job into his latest offering Piggy - a solo show that explores the trials and tribulations of life as a little piggy in Whangarei.
"It's a story about growing up in Whangarei and that urge everyone gets to leave," Mr Crum explains.
From the Jack St superette to Charlie's Bakery, Mr Crum's Piggy Wig takes the audience door knocking down William Jones Dr, rolling in the mud and singing songs about the end of the world. It's the story of the three little pigs retold to the beat of school bells and bad smells in Whangarei.
"It's an exploration of my life. I have three brothers and I grew up in OT," Mr Crum said. "The Three Little Pigs is kind of about fear - the wolf is symbolic of something coming for you and it also ties in with my time as a Jehovah's Witness, going door-to-door."
