The Full Monty

Synopsis

In 1997, a British film about six out of work Sheffield steelworkers who had nothing to lose, took the world by storm. And now they're back, live on stage, only this time, for them, it really has to be...THE FULL MONTY. Rediscover the six men, their wives and their children and what they had to do to keep it all together.

Our Review:

Tony Clancy - 4 March 2013

The Full Monty was a politically pointed but ultimately feel-good tale of unemployment in post Thatcher Sheffield. It was one of the highest grossing British films ever and now returns as a touring stage play (on its way to the West End via the Bristol Hippodrome). Can the production keep its audience (at least 90% women when I went) engaged with the storyline, or did everyone just turn up to watch them get their pants off?

The play keeps to the same broad plot as the film and starts off where the main characters all used to work before the firm’s closure. The factory set is excellent, evoking a mood of neglect and decay and framing the action perfectly.

It is the “will they or wont they” stage their act that drives the story. Everyone knows they will, but there are plenty of surprises and well engineered scenes to keep us hooked in till the last thong is flung.

The stock northern characters are drawn large, playing it big to fil...

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Latest User Review

janet davies - 6 March 2013:

i went to see the full monty today i did enjoy it and thought the chap from corrie was brilliant as was the rest of the cast just thought the sets could have been better....

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