Information for Pig Heart Boy at Theatre Royal, Newcastle upon Tyne (Play). "Is it better to have a pig's heart that works ... than a human heart that doesn't?" Cameron is thirteen, and all he wants is to be normal ... have friends, go to school, and dive to the bottom of his local swimming pool. But he desperately needs a heart transplant and time is running out. When he's finally offered a new heart, Cameron must choose how far he'll go to get his life back.