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Gardaí at Store Street Garda Station are looking for the public’s help in tracing a 15-year-old boy.

Zi Cheng Zheng has been missing since November 5. He was last seen at 2:00pm on Granby Place, Dublin 1. 

When last seen he was wearing grey tracksuit bottoms and a black jacket.  He is described as being 5"5 and of slim build with black hair and brown eyes.

The teenager is known to frequent the Dublin city centre and Bray areas.

If you have any information on Zi Cheng Zheng's whereabouts please contact Store Street Garda Station at 01-666-8000.

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It seems like the Supervet, Noel Fitzpatrick never stops being an absolute legend.

Cruising through Ireland's capital yesterday, he spotted a swan flappin' around in a spot of bother.

Like a hero, he hopped out a taxi which was bringing him to an interview and came to the animal's aid.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The swan was in a dangerous situation as it was in the middle of a busy road.

The vet was on his way to promote his new book on a popular radio programme when the swan landed in front of the taxi he was travelling in.

He recalled the incident to an Irish radio host and said that trucks and a motorbike had to swerve out of the way of the bird.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Noel didn't think twice about getting out of the taxi and chasing down the swan to get it out of danger – Gwan, Noel!

Like a true gent, the video shows Noel had taken off his jacket and wrapped it securely around the swan, so he could carry it safely to the canal to be released.

Explaining the incident on Instagram, he said: "On route to the next interview in Dublin this afternoon and we came across this poor confused fella who was stuck in the middle of the main road with cars all around." 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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"Having experienced many Swan rescues down the years I knew I could help… So I jumped out the cab, stopped the traffic and gently coaxed the swan out of harms way into a nearby garden," he added.

"Using my jacket I wrapped him up and held his body and neck securely as I carried him back home towards the canal. Happy and safe at home."

It's official, Noel is our all-time fave vet.

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Now that we’ve waved goodbye to Halloween we can finally start getting excited about the most wonderful time of the year. Christmas is approaching and I couldn’t be more thrilled about it.

It is the jolliest time of year and I’m ready to embrace the festive cheer.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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One of Dublin’s best cinemas is hosting a Christmas season and I will be spending most of December there with a giant bucket of popcorn and a never-ending list of Christmas movies to watch.

The Lighthouse Cinema Dublin revealed their Naughty or Nice season today and they’ll be showing a heap of classic flicks over the holiday period.

Get ready to watch your most beloved Christmas movies on the big screen because they’re showing everything from Elf to Die Hard.

You can watch Hugh Grant shimmy around in Love Actually or shudder at Donald Trump’s cameo in Home Alone 2.

This year’s Naughty or Nice season is extra special because the Lighthouse Cinema has teamed up with Sing Along Social for The Muppet Christmas Carol Singalong

They’ll be hosting a screening of the classic family film followed by a festive sing-song and perhaps some dancing if you’re feeling uber jolly.

There’s so much to choose from and something for every age from December 1, every day until December 23.

To see the full list of movies featuring in this year’s Naughty or Nice season at the Lighthouse Cinema click here.

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Dear Dublin, 

We get on alright you and me, don't we? We've known each other intimately for the guts of five years and honestly, I couldn't picture being anywhere else but you. 

I've traipsed across your complex cacophony of bridges over the beautiful (albeit trolley-filled) waters of your Liffey on many the night out.

I've learned how to navigate your public transport system, and I've even been robbed on the Luas – twice!

I've even been stopped by tourists and asked for recommendations or directions, and to my very own surprise, been able to answer them with ease.

 

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Maybe these things don't necessarily make me a city slicker, but I do cherish our relationship because you are able to give me things my own county can't – my dream job most specifically, but also an amazing array of opportunities. 

But there's something we need to discuss and we need to discuss it pretty urgently, because if we don't have a chat about it soon, there's a major chance my eye will stand wandering to cities farther afield.

Cities like London, where a one-bedroom flat in Dalston is officially cheaper than anything I've seen on Daft.ie lately.

 

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If I see one more advertisement advising me to share a triple bunk bed room with two men (females only) for nine hundred euro, I'll scream. 

Don't get me started on those Facebook pages, where up to 40,000 wannabe Dubliners flock every single day to envelop anyone with an overpriced shed for rent with a furious snowstorm of 'PM'd' 'PM'd' PM'd.'

You have all the jobs a budding graduate could want, but seemingly nowhere to store your ever-growing workforce.

We live, bumping shoulders, in back-to-back residential sprawls and cramped apartments, praying to land in an home that's at least a minimum one hour commute from work. 

I hear words on the radio like normalisation recovery, vacant property tax and developers dream, and yet see no more properties on the market from one week to the next. 

 

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Most weeks when I put my 'max' affordability into a rental website, I see those three tragic words- 'no results found.'

Occasionally, there are some available spaces in my price range. Car parking spaces, that is.

People in Ballsbridge and Blackrock renting out their extra car parking space for the same amount of cash that once would have gotten me a place to lay my head .

The days there are properties in my price range, how my heart soars. But unsurprisingly, it quickly sinks again when I see that the kitchen is so small that the toaster is kept in the bathroom, or that the home is only available Sunday night through to Friday, after which you must vacate the property to make room for the landlord's child, home from their countryside college. 

Once, I rang a property in Stonybatter to be told that the landlord's rules were no parties, no shoes inside and no using the kitchen, which was kept locked.

But that's okay, one of the tenants told me, she had just bought a microwave for her bedroom! 

Realistically, most people can afford to live in Dublin. 

It's just that after rent, they're left with quite literally nothing with which to live their lives, nourish their bodies and enjoy their time in you, the most vibrant of Irish cosmopolitan utopias. 

When I was a student, it was impossible to find houses, as sub text on housing descriptions read 'professionals only -no students.' How I longed to get into the working world and have my pick of Dublin's properties. 

Now it's 'professionals only – minimum five years experience. Minimum four excellent references. Three copies of your current employment contract needed.'

Don't forget your PPS number, your Junior Cert results, the details of your recent smear test and a Rumplestilskin-esque deed to the soul of your first born. 

 

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Don't get me started on the shady landlords, the evil overlords who maintain control over their minute property universe through a combination of financial extortion and backhanded dealings. 

From craigslist ads offering discounted rents to women in exchange for sex with seedy landlords, to the almost as offensive demand for a deposit, first two months rent and last months rent up front.

Dublin, I love you, but please get your act together or this may be a break up letter. 

I feel that I want you a hell of a lot more than you want me.

Or maybe you do want me, but you just expect me to live in a four-person occupied studio apartment for €400.

Oh, and that's per week. 

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Halloween night is usually one of the busiest nights of the year for pretty much every fire brigade nationwide, and this year was no different.

Dublin Fire Brigade received a shocking 900 calls last night, with fireworks and illegal bonfires causing the vast majority of incidents.

Greg O'Dwyer, Acting Assistant Chief Fire Officer with Dublin's brigade said the service's full crew was on duty last night, with the entire fleet in operation.

According to O'Dwyer, regional control centre mostly dealt with Halloween-related occurances, and injuries sustained were prominently of the hands and eyes.

Speaking to the Irish Independent, he commented on the massive amount of ambulance calls:

"We received 904 '999' calls into our control centre, 368 of these were Dublin fire calls (230 Halloween related) and 365 were Dublin ambulance calls," the service said this morning.

While speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr O'Dwyer said that this was at least six times busier than the normal Wednesday night, but relatively on the same wavelength as past Halloweens.

He also said that anti-social behaviour was actually decreasing and the number of injuries are being reduced as a result of organised events by local authorities in the run-up to this year's Halloween.

This past month, Gardaí have been clamping down on the gathering of incendiary items such as fireworks or bonfire materials, which appears to have had positive effects.

"I can’t stress how positive it is to have the organised events. It keeps people in a safe environment," said Mr O'Dwyer.

The assistant fire chief described the situations where cars were actually being driven onto dwindling bonfires in the early hours of the morning, as they die down. 

He claimed that people will do "anything to keep them going", and that the major danger with illegal bonfires is the combustible materials which people throw onto them, for example aerosol cans and gas cylinders.

"There is no safe distance" for those types of fuels.

Cork reported an unusually small number of bonfire-related calls, with Cork City Fire Service claiming that last night was no busier than average.

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) described their Halloween as a "relatively quiet" evening.

Firefighters in N. Ireland responded to 6% fewer calls on Halloween night compared with last year.

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Love Island’s Kaz Crossley is coming to Dublin.

She will meet fans at Inglot in Dundrum to celebrate the launch of their latest collection, All Covered.

The London makeup artist is coming to bless us mere mortals with her insider beauty tips.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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And that’s not all…

The gorgeous reality TV star will be giving a live makeup demo using her favourite products from the new collection.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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So when will she be here?

She will be at the Inglot in Dundrum Town Centre on Saturday, November 10th at 11:00am.

Make sure to get there early because the first 50 customers will get an exclusive Inglot gift – something probably involving free makeup.

Yassss. Are there any two words that sound sweeter together?

“I am so excited to be coming back to Ireland next week,” gushed the Love Island finalist.

“I love Dublin and to be able to come back to this beautiful city and launch Inglot’s – All Covered foundation and concealer is amazing.

“Come and visit me at Inglot's store in Dundrum on Saturday 10th of November from 11am for a selfie! I hope to see you there.”

And don’t worry about long lines on a dreary morning because the debut is going to be conducted Kaz-style.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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There will be refreshments and a live DJ setting up party vibes in the Dundrum Inglot matching station.

Plus, the new foundation range is supposed to be amazing. Kaz said she is “in love” with it.

“It’s a high coverage yet lightweight foundation and literally makes your skin look flawless,” she raved.

So bring some friends and make a morning of it! We can’t wait to see what makeup tips she has in store.

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This October Bank Holiday Weekend, get involved with the supernatural with Samhain's annual Bram Stoker Festival; four days of adventures await.

One of Ireland’s most infamous writers has a legacy worth celebrating, there’s something for everyone with highlights including theatre performances, illustration, readings, animations, outdoor screenings, family fun parks, podcasts and electrifying adventures taking place over the course of three spine-tingling days.

1. PaINTCLUB x Bram Stoker, The Irish Emigration Museum, Fri 26 Oct, 7pm-10pm

Unleash your inner artist at Paintclub’s Paint & Wine: Bram Stoker Festival edition, where you’ll re-create a Stoker inspired painting over some vino. Underneath the streets of Dublin, at Dublin’s EPIC, retrace the steps of our fair city’s ancestors and see the journey of Irish emigrants before arriving at the pop-up Paintclub studio deep in EPIC’s 19th century vaults.

No painting experience is required for this creative, fun and relaxed night where art and history meet, in vaults which have seen it all – you will be guided with step by step instruction from blank canvas to haunting masterpiece, which is yours to take home!

Tickets: €55

2. BRAM: audio ghost tour, Dublin 1, October 1st – December 31st,

BRAM is a haunted audio tour inspired by the classically creepy works of the legendary author himself. Immerse yourself in the ghoulish words of the master of terror as you wander through the maze of Dublin’s nightmare streets on this ghastly audio adventure. Just put your headphones on and experience terror downloaded straight into your ears, submerge yourself in the world of Bram himself. The audio tour costs a mere €5.80, you’d be mad to miss it.

3. Night of the Shifting Bog, St. Anne’s Park, Fri 26 Oct – Mon 29 Oct, 8.30pm & 10.00pm,

Their 2016 show at Bram Stoker Festival ‘Behind the Dark’ sold out within 24 hours, so be forewarned and grab tickets for the world premiere of this thrilling new show from world renowned aerial performance company, Loosysmokes. Night of the Shifting Bog is inspired by the landscapes of Stoker’s imagination in his first and only work set in Ireland, The Snake’s Pass. Using the woodlands in the park as their stage, this dark, immersive and atmospheric aerial acrobatic show will both enthral and spook adventurous audiences.

Tickets: €16

4. Macnas Parade, Dublin 1, Mon 29 Oct, 7pm – 8pm

Bram Stoker Festival once again welcome the internationally renowned spectacle company Macnas to the streets of Dublin for an unforgettable free nightfall parade. The parade has become a much-admired Bram Stoker festival feature. Join people of all ages along the city’s streets as evening falls on Monday October 29th for Out of the Wild Sky, a haunting and hair-raising parade of otherworldly enchantment. Pioneers of imagination and creators of amazing spectacles will bring captivating excitement to the dark Dublin streets, it sounds UNREAL. Check out the route below:

5. Stokerland, St. Patrick’s Park, Sat 27 Oct & Sun 28 Oct, 11am – 4.30pm

Introducing a rare pop-up Victorian fun park for all ages, which opens its gothic gates this weekend in St. Patricks Park. Dublin’s stunning cathedrals act as a gothic backdrop for this eerie gathering , presenting street theatre, a performance tent, free face-painting, Victorian funfair rides, macabre thrills and gruesome games for all to experience. As well as entertainment, Stokerland is complete with a food village, making it the ideal family fun day. We recommend fancy dress, btw, it’s the Halloween Bank Holiday weekend after all. Admission is free, but rides and concessions have small charges. BYOS is encouraged. (Bring your own snax)

6. Dracula’s Disco, The Ark, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Mon 29 Oct, 2pm-4pm

Dracula’s own DJ will be getting the crowds in the spooky dance spirit, spinning the decks and scratching vinyl at our outdoor family party. DJ Will Softly will be raving on The Ark’s outdoor stage, complete with confetti cannons to inspire some immortal dance moves. Come along in costume for maximum demonic disco banter. The event is free entry on a first come, first served basis, no pre-booking required. Final entry is at 3.45pm, get down early if you can.

7. Slice: the Gothic Graphic Novel Live, Belvedere House, 6 Great Denmark St, Sat 27 Oct , 1pm

Stray Lines Comics Collective illuminate the dark side with the precision of lab scientists, and serve an absolute feast of deadly thrills. This immersive storytelling experience combines music, sound design, projected illustration and live performance to give the feeling of theatre, cinema and animation combined. Showcasing the comic artists Debbie Jenkinson, Paddy Lynch, Katherine Foyle, Philip Barrett and Elida Maiques, this is one event that’s not to be missed.

Tickets: €13

8. Creature Features: The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Glasnevin, Fri/Sat/Sun 8pm-10pm

Friday: Arachnophobia
Saturday: Little Shop of Horrors
Sunday: Invasion of the Bodysnatchers

Creature Features is 3 nights of adults-only horror-comedy screenings within the walls of the National Botanic Gardens. Gather your friends for after-hours shenanigans and natural-horror thrills, with the stunning Victorian glasshouses as a subtly spooky backdrop.

Tickets: €16

9. Nesferatu: Symphony of a Century, St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St. D2, Fri 26th Oct, 7pm & 9pm.

An animated interpretation of the Andrea Mastrovito’s classic 1922 horror film Nosferatu.
In present day New York City, NYsferatu gives the original film it’s own unique twist, positioning the dynamic vampire character as the ‘abject outsider’- an emigrant escaping war at home only to face economic exploitation, discrimination and prejudice in their new place of living. The film retells the story of the vampire through the lens of modern-day fears about xenophobia surrounding Islam as well as immigration, and refugees. This sentient cinematic feature is also made up of 35,000 hand-drawn images which replicate early cinema. Tickets: €21

Here’s a taster of the film for any curious creatures:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOYBsf-nE08

10. The Horrors in the Black Church, The Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle, Dame St, Fri 26, Sat 27, Sun 28 & Mon 29 Oct at 7pm and 9pm

Enter the gothic Chapel Royal in Dublin Castle, take your final resting place on the pews within and witness three of Irish theatre’s darkest minds coming together to create a theatrical delight. The Horrors in the Black Church displays three short horror plays within one show. Enjoy a trio of terrifying stories from the altar specially made to stop your heart.

Tickets: €13

Check out the Bram Stoker Festival website for more info on the most chilling weekend of the entire year, prepare to get scared.

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Dublin has long been considered Ireland's professional mecca, with job opportunities other counties simply don't have. 

However, a new survey has found that the West of Ireland is attracting highly-skilled professionals, with three quarters of job seekers who moved west finding work easily.  

Galway and Mayo are drawing the eye of professionals tired of the eternal Dublin struggle for housing, with the west's promise of a better quality of life, career opportunities, lower property prices and more disposable income, according to the Galway-Mayo Relocation Survey.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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91% of respondents said they were happy with their move to the West of Ireland and 78% would recommend others relocate to Galway or Mayo.

85% have either moved into a similar or more senior role than the one they held before moving. Since relocating, 76% say the balance between their working and home lives is much better now.

When asked about the factors that influenced their move to the West, 91% cited a better quality of life, while 60% wanted to be closer to family and friends. 

'Even though I was enjoying Dublin, my heart was here in the West of Ireland,' said Samantha Commons, Associate Director of Human Resources at Allergan, Galway. 

'When I started thinking about where I wanted to be, I thought that I’d probably end up in Galway because that’s where a lot of the larger companies are that would have HR requirements.'

So if Dublin isn'#t taking your fancy, perhaps the boom is back out west. 

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Best-selling band Picture This has just announced that they will be playing five shows at Dublin's 3Arena in March 2019.

The lads, Ryan Hennessey, Jimmy Rainsford, Owen Cardiff, and Cliff Deane, will be taking to the stage from the 27th to the 31st of March and we are SO there.

The band is the most streamed Irish act of 2017, the biggest selling Irish Artist Album of 2017 and currently the biggest selling Irish Artist of 2018.

Tickets are starting at  €49.90 and will be on sale from Wednesday 24th October at 9am.  

Formed two years ago, the band has also announced a new single entitled One Drink.

The song marks the arrival of the bands awaited second full-length album, MDRN LV, which will be released in stores and at all digital retailers on February 15th, 2019.

Their 3Arena shows are part of the MDRN LV European tour which includes shows in London, Manchester, Paris, Berlin, Milan, Amsterdam and Stockholm.

It also follows two sold-out US shows later this year in The Bowery Ballroom, New York on November 28th and The Moroccan Lounge, LA on December 3rd.

Visit www.ticketmaster.ie for tickets – and snap them up quickly because they will be gone fast. 

A pre-sale is also available from 4pm through https://PictureThis.lnk.to/OfficialStore.

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Post Malone played to an enraptured crowd at Longitude this year, as festival goers sang along to every word of his set. 

Now, the American rapper is taking his album Beerbongs & Bentleys on  a European tour, and it all begins in Dublin. 

The tour launches on Valentine’s Day, Thursday February 14, at the 3Arena.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The Texas native has charted nine songs in the Top 20 of the Hot 100, gaining the accolade for 'the most songs in the Top 20 of the Hot 100.'

Tickets for his single Irish gig go on sale this coming Friday, October 12th. 

Tickets land online at 9am, so get those debit cards ready – as Post Malone is only performing for one night in the Irish capital, it is guaranteed to sell out in seconds. 

The rapper will also play across the UK, in Birmingham, Manchester and London, as well as in Germany, France and Holland. 

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Gone are the days when all we wanted to do is go trick or treating on Halloween. If you’re stuck for something to do then look no further because we’ve conjured up the top five events happening in Dublin around All Hallows’ Eve.

1: Halloween Roller Disco:

Get your skates on and spin around the dancefloor with Eleven from Stranger Things, Edward Scissorhands and Hermione Granger. 

The annual Halloween party will take place in Dublin’s only roller disco in Finches Business Park, Longmile Road on October 31. Make sure you wear your best costume (and not the backup one you got in Dealz) and you might be in with a chance of winning a fab prize.

Tickets cost €10 and are available to buy here.

2: Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Pub Quiz:

Watching the Halloween episodes of The Simpsons has become a ritual for us so what better way to test your knowledge than to take part in the Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Pub Quiz.

There'll be costumes, episode screenings and top prizes on the night. Head down to Hely’s Bar on Dame Street on October 28 and celebrate the spookiest time of year with the best TV family.

Tickets cost €22 and are available to buy here.

3: The Great Gatsby Halloween Party:

Head back to the 1920s and 1930s and party in style like the great Jay Gatsby. Think of the flapper dresses, the fancy cocktails and the jazz music that will leave you twirling around the dancefloor all night.

You can enjoy a dinner and show for a mere €15 at this glorious event. 

If anyone needs us we’ll be hunting down the perfect flapper girl dress for this classy event.

Get your Gatsby on at the Purty Kitchen in Dun Laoghaire on October 28. Tickets are available to buy here.

4: Halloween Movie Screenings at the Lighthouse:

Our favourite cinema is screening some of the BEST Halloween movies this October and you just don’t want to miss them.

The Lighthouse Cinema will be showing everything from Hocus Pocus to The Blair Witch Project as we inch closer to Halloween. You can cosy up with some popcorn but make sure you hold on tight to it because some of these horrors will have you jumping out of your skin.

Click here for the full list of Halloween screenings and prices.

5: Heroes from Mars presents The Goblin King Masquerade Ball:

The Grand Social have knocked it out of the park again with this event.

The Goblin King Masquerade Ball celebrates the best of the late David Bowie. You can strut around to his biggest hits like Let’s Dance and Ashes to Ashes, as well as hits from Labyrinth, on the night of October 28.

Fancy dress isn’t essential but c’mon it’s Halloween and Bowie is a fashion icon. You just can’t miss this night celebrating the Goblin King himself.

Tickets cost €13.72 and are available to buy here.

We've never been so excited for Halloween in the Big Smoke. There are so many spooktacular events happening.

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By Kate Brayden

When Peter Cattaneo’s 1997 film version of The Full Monty came out, it was a breakout hit for the way in which it struck a chord with its irrepressibly English humour, and the way in which it captured the deep feeling of shame which overcame men in 1970s Britain who were rendered unemployed by Margaret Thatcher’s closure of the steel factories (seen in Billy Elliot also).

Making over $250 million in the box office, it was both commercially successful and critically acclaimed for its original storyline, self-deprecating script and unique take on masculinity during the 1970s in the UK. It went on to receive four Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, and took home the gong for Best Original Musical Score.

So it certainly has a lot to live up to, to say the least.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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David Pugh and Dafydd Rogers are now touring around the UK and Ireland with their own stage version of Simon Beaufoy’s original play, which has won the UK Theatre Award for Best Touring Production, and is definitely worth the viewing before it finishes its final ever run in 2019.

It stars Gary Lucy in the protagonist role (played by Robert Carlyle in the original flick) who has previously been seen in British television roles on East Enders, Hollyoaks, The Bill and Dancing on Ice. Lucy steps into the part of Gaz, an irresponsible but lovable Sheffield lad who has the slightly deranged but hugely entertaining idea of creating a striptease act when him and six other steelworker friends lose their jobs.

Out of work and impoverished, Gaz is desperate to get some cash fast when his ex-wife threatens to take full custody over his son, Nathan, played brilliantly by Fraser Kelly.

The acting dynamic between Lucy and Kelly is striking, with their relationship both heartwarming and comical as Nathan shows far more maturity than his father, and even claims to be the manager of the strip group.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Each character has a shining turn, from Horse the oldest man being the best dancer despite an arthritic hip, to Lomper’s adorable, vulnerable character who is introduced at the start through a suicide attempt (how they made this funny I have no idea.), each man gets to show his talent and charm throughout.

The sense that the men really do have nothing to lose adds a sense of poignancy to their humour, and it’s impossible not to root for them. Kai Owen steals the show as Gaz’ best friend Dave, who takes a fair amount of coaxing to get up onstage, feeling inadequate and overweight in comparison to the other men.

I also wanted to hug Lomper throughout, Joe Gill shines in the role and captures the dopey but affable depressed character who finds his only friends in the strip tease group. Andrew Dunne plays the role of the ‘Conservative’ Tory Gerald who becomes on a level playing field with the lower class men when he also joins the turbulent world of unemployment, and later becomes their dance teacher, as well as their friend.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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The class issues are mainly played out through his character, who Tom Wilkinson famously portrayed in the film. There is a clear divide between the snobbery of the Thatcher’s middle and upper class Conservatives, and the more impoverished Northerners, the resentment of her is made apparent throughout. Another important aspect of the work is the sense of emasculation through the loss of their jobs.

Each male character has his own insecurities which he must face, among them are medical problems, lack of body confidence, unsatisfied wives, an angry ex-wife and hidden sexual orientations. Father’s rights, impotence, mental health and working class culture.

The levels which the men will go to for his own feeling of pride and masculinity are what unify the six men, and they get through their own struggles through their friendship and strange sense of empowerment which they achieve through taking their clothes off for a lot of screaming women. Seems legit.

The stage version was different to the film in the way that it appeared to be marketed towards a female audience, rather than male. The film had a grit and more subtle sense of humour about the actual nudity than the show itself, but the atmosphere of the Gaiety and unabashed excitement of every woman in the theatre made the cast light up. Songs from iconic acts like Hot Chocolate, Donna Summer and Tom Jones frame the quick and colloquial witty script, and the set was excellently transformed from a steelyard rehearsal space to a bar to a Conservatives country club in seconds by the backstage crew, and the cast moved effortlessly around it. Its not surprising that the 2018 tour is directed by a former Full Monty 2014 cast member, Rupert Hill.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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There was enough X-rated jokes to last the entire year, which took a little bit away from the important underlying themes of the script itself, but you couldn’t help but laugh throughout despite this. The comic timing was on point, the music was perfection and the individual stories and humour of each character really made the audience believe in their friendship.

They were honestly having the time of their lives onstage, and the audience couldn’t help but join in. We also got a great element of audience participation for the finale, which was hilarious until I realised that I was sitting with about 500 squealing women and my elderly father, who was supremely uncomfortable, but seemed to still enjoy himself.

He needed a pint after…but still. He had shown me the original movie back in 2002, when I was far too young, and I had to repay him by taking him to see the stage version.

In my defence, there was far less nudity in the film, I swear.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Shoutout to the woman beside me who stood up and squealed when they threw their tops into the audience and grabbed the sweaty tank top from my grip (I caught it out of instinct okay!!! I wasn’t reaching…)

Overall, 10/10 would recommend to a (probably female) friend.

The cynic in me will whisper that it isn’t as good as the movie, but that would have been next to impossible.

It adapts excellently to the stage, and retains most of the same hilarious humour and touching themes. Whatever you do, just save yourself the awkwardness and don’t bring your dad. Trust me.

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