It’s been 20 years since the box-office smashing film came out and times have changed, but The Full Monty - the play - does justice to its forerunner.
Jobs for life may be a thing of the past, even beyond the comprehension of a swathe of today’s unemployed.
But the issues facing this group of redundant steelworkers – poverty, depression, sexual identity and a dad’s right to a relationship with his son - are as relevant and familiar as ever.
With a cast of 14 famous faces from TV shows like EastEnders, Brookside, Holby City and Dinnerladies, 12-year-old Fraser Kelly from Scunthorpe does well to demonstrate in character Nathan the down-to-earth ordinariness of Sheffield people which inspired Simon Beaufoy to write the play in the first place.
Nathan, who is played by several young actors during the touring run, is not a bit part.
Throughout Monday’s performance Kelly held his own without pretension, as Dad and his mates pursued a madcap idea to imitate the male striptease act the Chippendales in the disused steel works, a credit to the set-designer.
Disco hits from the 1970s spur on the audience in anticipation of the kit-off scene although, be warned, anyone who blinks will miss it as the lights go down swiftly.
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