Steven matriculated with honours in Drama from the National School for the Arts in 1995. In 1999 he graduated from UCT's Opera School. Some of his Opera credits include Madame Butterfly, Carmen, The Merry Widow and The Beggars Opera. After a tour to London’s West End, America and Australia with Carmen and The Mysteries, Steven was awarded a scholarship to study Restoration and Shakespearian acting at Oxford’s Balioll College. He then left acting to pursue a teaching career in Drama and Physical Education at Dainfern College. He also played roller hockey for South Africa for several years before returning to the stage. His musical achievements include Evita, West Side Story (Riff), Goldilocks and the Three Bears (The Johannesburg Civic Theatre) Grease (Kennicky) for The Barnyard, Those were the Days (Awesome Powers) also The Barnyard. Thoroughly Modern Milly for The Johannesburg Civic Theatre as well as The King and I (Sir Edward Ramsey) (Packed House Productions). Upcoming shows include Janice Honeymann’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarves (The Johannesburg Civic Theatre) and Creativentertainment™'s Fings Aint What They Used To Be in 2009. Steven would like to thank all those responsible for The Full Monty as it was a challenge and a truly awesome experience.       

A recently divorced, unemployed steel worker. Jerry used to be married to Pam and is restless and angry at his lot in life. Jerry was the "jock" in school and got all the girls, but things have gone sour. He likes to think that he is still macho but is beginning to have a few doubts. Jerry has a real gentle side to his nature and is very devoted to and desperate not to be separated from his son. He has a cheeky charm that makes him a likable rogue.

After completing his BA (Hons) Degree in Drama at the University of Pretoria in 1999, Tiaan has enjoyed an exciting and blessed career in the fields of theatre and television. From uttering the classic lines “Freeze. There was a shot fired!” as a WALCO security guard, to singing the Hallelujah Chorus as part of PACT’s Singing Christmas Tree and duetting with the likes of Vicky Sampson and Nataniël, Tiaan has always counted himself lucky when it comes to living his dream. As writer he has co-written (and starred in) three television series Blikskottel, Kompleks and Kompleks 2, and he wrote songs for various children’s theatre productions. His last four years were mainly spent on the Barnyard stages across the country, doing everything from Wally in Glory Days to Disco Benny in 70’s Revolution. He also had the opportunity to share some screen time with actors Sam Neill and Alice Krige in the upcoming feature film Skin. Tiaan plays the guitar and the piano and he assures us that there will be a solo album somewhere in his not too distant future. The Full Monty marks his first return to the musical theatre stage in five years and as if that isn’t enough reason to freak out, he also has to take his kit off. All of that aside, Tiaan is really excited to be a part of this production and working with such great talent. He would like to dedicate his performance to Dweezle, who is now in a better place, chasing birds in the sky.

A well-overweight, unemployed mill worker. Dave is Jerry’s best friend and not one to be bullied. He would like to be thin but likes chocolate more and has a devoted wife, Georgie. His marriage is, however, strained because of his unemployment.

Clinton graduated from AFDA Johannesburg (National School of Motion Picture Medium and Live Performance) with honours in 2004 where he received the AFDA-award for Best Musical Performer in 2003. His passion for theatre started when he was in Oliver! at the Playhouse in Durban and singing in the Durban Boys’ Choir at twelve years of age, where he was also made head boy in 1996. After graduating from varsity in 2004, he performed in a number of productions for the National Children's Theatre including Sleeping Beauty and A Pocket Oliver Twist. In 2004 he played a phantom in The Barnyard Theatre production of The Rocky Horror Show and featured as Doody, one of the T-Birds in The Barnyard Theatre production of Grease - The Musical in 2006 and 2007. He joined the Performer Theatre in Pretoria in 2008 to perform as a frontliner in The Wedding as well as in the popular Afrikaans production of AFRIKAANS @ 2038. Clinton is very excited to be working with this creative team on The Full Monty and is grateful for the opportunity to play a character he absolutely adores.
 

A part time security guard. A kind gay man who lives alone with his ailing mother. Shy, introverted and lonely. Malcolm is rescued from himself and his attempted but hugely unsuccessful suicide by Jerry and Dave.  

Shaun began his career in performance as Emcee in Cabaret. He has a BA (Hons) Drama from Rhodes University and declining a full scholarship for a Masters degree in Dance Performance at the Laban Centre (London) in order to pursue Musical Theatre in South Africa. For three years Shaun per-formed with Gary Gordon's internationally renowned First Physical Theatre Company, proceeding to tour Europe and Africa as a lead dancer in African Footprint. He has since appeared in the international film Race, toured to Athens with Jesus Christ Superstar, and appeared in Fiddler on the Roof. He has recently worked with Broadway directors in Hairspray, and with West End directors playing Gus in Saturday Night Fever and has made his television debut on Binnelanders. He is daring to bare all as Ethan in The Full Monty.

A simple minded but kind gay man. He is kooky, eccentric, happy and uncomplicated, but hugely talented... Ethan is a little slower than the rest but in a lovable and very funny way. 

Born in the mining township of eMbalenhle in Mpumalanga, no one could have imagined just how Thokozani’s life would turn out. The musical theatre stage is something this young man came to know about accidentally. He landed his first professional job at The Performer Theatre in Pretoria where he got the part of one of the lead vocalists in a musical called Kings and Queens of Music. This was the start of a fulfilling journey that has taken Thokozani all over the country’s biggest stages and abroad. His musical theatre credits include Rock On (The Wildcoast Sun Resorts), Rock Me Amadeus (The Barnyard), Soweto Story (as Sizwe) (The Johannesburg Civic Theatre), Rent (as Benny) (The Alexander Theatre, The Artscape Theatre), Diamonds & Dust (Bahrain, UAE), and Rocking All Over The World (The Barnyard). Thokozani is also a songwriter, recording artist and producer for some of the top local acts. He has released an afrodance record titled Hate Me Not which is blowing the charts on local radio stations. Being part of The Full Monty is a blessing for this young man. “The character that I play in this musical is going to add depth to my acting experience and I’m enjoying every moment of being the Big Black Man”, says Thokozani.

A retired African American mill worker. An older though funky gentleman who was and still is a Disco addict. Although retired, he is still prepared to try something new.  

Mike’s illustrious theatrical career in South Africa spans over thirty-five years. His passion for theatre started as an Afrikaner in Turffontein, Johannesburg and continued as an anglicized child in Harare, Zimbabwe, where he studied piano at the Rhodesian College of Music. In high school in Thiensville, Wisconsin, on an American Field Service scholarship, he was awarded ‘Actor of the Year’ in 1967. While studying Architecture at the University of Cape Town, he appeared in student productions (La Musica, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, The Shaughrau, Medea, and The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie). He joined various singing groups, worked as a ‘session singer’ and launched a short-lived recording career. Before completing his Bachelor of Architecture Degree, he also started appearing in professional productions - King Lear, Annie Get Your Gun, White Horse Inn, Jacques Brel is Alive & Well… (Taubie Kushlick’s production) and the first SA production of The Rocky Horror Show in Lesotho, as Brad and understudy of Frankenfurter. After a year with the C.A.P.A.B. Youth Company, he moved to Johannesburg where he has been based ever since. His range of acting and directing work covers Drama, Comedy, Farce, Musicals, Pantomime, Reviews, Cabaret and Industrial Theatre in Theatre, Television and Film. Musicals highlights include - They’re Playing Our Song (Vernon), Hello Dolly (Cornelius), Little Shop of Horrors (the Dentist), Singing in the Rain (Cosmo Brown), The Buddy Holly Story (Big Bopper & Highpockets Duncan), The Sound Of Music (Capt. Von Trapp), and Showboat (Capt. Andy) which toured to Norway and Germany. His most recent appearances were in My Fair Lady (Higgins), Fiddler on the Roof (understudy Tevya) and Hairspray as Wilbur. He is blessed to able to continue indulging in all his passions - theatre, architecture and family, Elna - his wife and Sarchen and Simon - his children.

Jerry and Dave's former supervisor-turned- choreographer. Harold is uptight and verging on the prissy! A typical white collar manager who is somewhat superior and trying to keep up appearances. Devoted to his wife, Vicky, and desperate not to lose her, he is after all ready for a real challenge.