FORMER EastEnders star Gary Lucy will be baring all to the audience when he appears in a hit stage musical

The former Footballers’ Wives actor and Dancing On Ice contestant stars as Gaz in the stage version of The Full Monty, which opens at the Empire Theatre in Sunderland tonight (MON)

The hilarious story of six out-of-work Sheffield steelworkers who try their hand at stripping became an unexpected film hit in 1997.

Oscar-winning writer Simon Beaufoy has adapted the screenplay for the stage, complete with original hit songs by Donna Summer, Hot Chocolate and Tom Jones.

The show, which co-stars former Brookside actor Louis Emerick as Horse, runs for one week only until Saturday, February 28.

Tickets, priced from £12.50, are available from the Sunderland Empire Box Office in person or from 0844 871 3022 or www.ATGtickets.com/Sunderland