Earlier this year the same strip act sparked outrage over their performance in Belfast’s Devenish complex
Several hundred frenzied women and dozens of delirious gay men packed out a Dublin venue for two shows to see the troupe perform teasing performances before eventually doing the ‘Full Monty’ at the end of their routines.
“Everyone had lots of fun and we will certainly not leave it as long until the next time we return to southern Ireland,” said Pleasure Boys UK owner John Woodward.
Fans flocked to 400 capacity The Warehouse venue at the Red Cow Hotel for two shows on Saturday, at 4.30pm and 7.30pm.
A drag queen warmed up the eager audiences, and then the ripped hunks appeared on stage to shrieks of joy from the boozed up crowds.
Two strippers prepare to do the Full Monty
Several members of the audience were brought up onstage, where the lads titillated them with sexy gyrations.
Earlier this year the same strip act sparked outrage over their performance in the Devenish complex, which saw women storm the stage to join fully naked performers and mimic sex acts.
Pictures of eyepopping antics emerged online, with Belfast City Council was said to be investigating the event, which was also ‘reviewed’ by the PSNI.
Since that controversial show the troupe has performed in Derry, Omagh and Banbridge, with Saturday’s shows in Dublin their first in the Republic in over a decade.
“We had extra security in Dublin to keep things calmed down, so that everything ran smoothly,” confirmed John.
The Pleasure Boy ahead of their Dublin show
He pointed out that the fuss about the Belfast show was not warranted.
“The main video that went viral was just a section at the end of the show, where — bear in mind they [the audience] had three hours of entertainment prior to that and they had a lot of alcohol, so they were all excited — so they just jumped onto the stage,” he explained.
“The guys are not just going to walk off when a load of girls jump on the stage because it just makes it look like they’re intimidated by that, they just played with it. They went along with what was happening.
The Pleasure Boys onstage with a fan
“There was no actual sexual contact happening, it was all simulated.
“Girls were dropping to the floor, the guys were sort of hovering over them. But the video of the clip does look pretty extreme. But when you analyse it, you realise there’s nothing going on.
“It just looks very extreme because there’s so many people on the stage doing various things.”
One of the male strippers interacting with Red Cow audience
John himself was a stripper for 25 years with both the British Chippendales and also their main rivals, the Dreamboys, before forming the Pleasure Boys in 2007.
“Most of our guys are English,” he revealed.
“We have a couple who are east European, they are more the acrobatic acts, fire acts and things like that.
“It’s called the XXL tour because not only are they all ripped but they’re all big in that department downstairs. There’s nobody below a certain size!.”
