Meet Benjamin Doncom from the cast of The Full Monty | Drayton Entertainment 2025
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Benjamin Doncom: 
My name is Benjamin Doncom. I’m playing Dave Buktinsky. The thing I like most about this character, underneath all the shields that he puts up - sort of all the men put up in the town - there is a very, very sweet centre to him, he has a heart of gold. He definitely cares about all the people in his life. I think the disconnect comes where he doesn’t know quite how to show these people that he loves them.
So you have a group of guys that just lost their jobs at the steel mill and all of them have been out of work for about 18 months, and all of their wives have just seen a Chip n Dale show and my characters best friend, Jerry gets the idea that maybe we should have an amateur strip show because they are making a lot of money, maybe that’s how we make a lot of money. I’m sort of reluctantly brought along on this scheme because I have a hard time saying ‘no’ to him, and in the end everyone kind of rallies around them. The whole town supports them and it’s a beautiful thing. 
When you meet these characters they may come across a little rough around the edges, but I think they’ll be surprised at how much they can relate to them. 

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Benjamin Doncom speaks to the camera	
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Logo for The Full Monty with the text 
St. Jacobs Country Playhouse
May 14 to June 7
King’s Wharf Theatre
June 12 to July 5
Book by Terrence NcNally
Music & Lyrics by David Yazbek
Based on the Motion Picture by Fox Searchlight Pictures and written by Simon Beaufoy, produced by Uberto Pasolini and directed by Peter Cattaneo