Shrek the Musical Review

Well as I haven't blogged in a while, I thought what better thing to write about than a musical....

Ive been to see Shrek The Musical twice in the space of a month, the first time was a birthday present from me to one of my closet friends and the second was because I won tickets on twitter so thanks very much @Shrekthemusical! Be sure to follow them on twitter they are always talking about events in the show or doing free give-aways!

I absolutely loveed the musical, its so colourful and happy, and it sticks so closely to the film. It even includes some of my favourite lines from the movie and the song, "Duloc is a perfect place!" you know the one that goes: 

Welcome to Duloc, such a perfect town

 Here we have some rules, let us lay them down

Don't make waves, stay in line

And we'll get along fine

Duloc is a perfect place

Keep your feet off the grass

Shine your shoes, wipe your...face

Duloc is, Duloc is

Duloc is a perfect place!!

As you can tell I really LOVE that song, so I loved that it was in the musical! 

Right anyway....the set of the musical is amazing and it's so creative. When Shrek and Donkey cross the lava bridge to get to Fiona's tower the stage splits in two and lifts upwards revealing the bridge underneath. The dragon is also featured in the musical by using a puppet, which is moved by some very well trained workers which give it a very lifelike effect, whilst the actress: Landi Oshinowo sings off-stage, her voice is incredible! 

The cast that ive seen were also amazing, Ive seen the same leading male as Shrek:  Dean Chisnall who was really good, and leading female as Fiona: Kimberly Walsh who totally blew me away!!! And Donkey played by: Richard Blackwood, who really brought the comedy of the character to life from the film.

However Lord Farquaad was played by a different actor each time that I went due to a change of cast. When I first went I saw Nigel Harman who was fantastic!!! His voice was amazing and his ability to dance around on his knees for 2hrs and 30mins was brilliant!! And on my second visit I saw Neil McDermott's opening night, his voice wasnt quite as strong as his fellow Eastenders actor's but he still did an amazing job and he played the character really well!!

I would recommend this musical to anyone especially if you loved the film, it a great one for kids  but it has loads of adult jokes for you to enjoy!!!