This week The Full Monty, directed by Daniel Evans, hit the Theatre Royal in Bath. The Saturday show was sold out but me and Mum managed to secure some last minute £6 tickets by queuing up that morning.
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The play is based on the 1997 film, screen written by Simon Beaufoy. It follows Gaz and best friend Dave, who are struggling on the dole in Sheffield, the former 'City of Steel'. After being faced with loosing his son Nathan in a messy custody battle due to his failure to pay maintenance and encouraged by witnessing another Chippendale's striptease at a local club, Gaz comes up with the ingenious idea to form a male stripping act, along with six other unemployed steel workers.
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Some cheeky photos I managed to take of the beautiful theatre in Bath complete with chandelier. At the interval we treated ourselves to some Honey and Stem Ginger Ice Cream, which I always find tastes better eaten out of one of those little pots with a plastic spoon!
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The play features several of the songs from the film and reaches its hilarity as the seven men, hardly heart throbs in the physical sense, strip and parade around fully naked on the stage, much to the delight of the audience, filled with hundreds of rowdy, slightly drunk women, vying for a glimpse of the 'Full Monty'.
The play was great fun, although not as funny as the film in my opinion. The cast also put on a brilliant performance, my personal favourite was the character of Lomper portrayed by Craig Gazey, remember him as the hapless Graeme Proctor in Coronation Street?!
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Bath was the play's last stop before opening at the Nowel Coward Theatre in London's West End.
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