Sigrún Davíðsdóttir's Icelog

Contrary to popular foreign belief, Iceland isn’t all about crisis and gloom. The the creative juices are flowing all over the country. Amateur actors, all farmers, in Horgardalur close to Akureyri in the North of Iceland, are these days rehearsing a play, based on the comedy ‘Full Monty.’ In the 1997 English film, jobless steel workers in Sheffield found a way out of misery by staging a strip act where nothing was hidden, hence the name ‘Full Monty.’

The Horgardalur farmers have adapted the play to Iceland. The director is a brilliant young Icelander, who studied in London, Jon Gunnar Thordarson. The premier is on March 5th. Whether the show will offer the ‘full mounty’ is shrouded in mystery but according to rumour the farmers have been practicing hard (no pun intended) for the strip scene.

The farmers have made a calendar, for sale at tank stations and elsewhere in the region. Here is a photo from the calendar of the handsome Icelandic farmers from Horgardalur, both young and old. As you can see the photo is taken in their every day setting, though probably not in their every day outfit.

Icelandic women are famous for their good looks. It’s time that the Icelandic male population gets some attention.

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