Shrek UK Tour

Book tickets for Shrek UK Tour

NEW PRODUCTION OF SHREK TOURING IN 2023 Based on the Dreamworks animated film, Shrek is back for its second major UK tour starting in late 2017. The first Shrek UK Tour was seen by nearly 800,000 people visiting 25 major venues over 20 months. Read our review of the last Shrek tour. Join our unlikely hero Shrek and his loyal steed Donkey as they embark on a quest to rescue the beautiful (if slightly temperamental) Princess Fiona from a fire breathing, love-sick dragon. Add the diminutive Lord Farquaad, a gang of fairytale misfits and a biscuit with attitude, and you’ve got the biggest, brightest musical comedy around! Featuring all new songs as well as cult Shrek anthem I’m a Believer, Shrek The Musical brings over 100 much-loved fairytale characters, plus a 14-foot dragon, to life in an all singing, all dancing extravaganza. The UK Tour of Shrek is directed by … Read more

Top 100 Greatest Musicals Results: 70 – 61

Top 100 Musicals of All Time Poll Results

Welcome to our latest instalment of results from our Top 100 Greatest Musicals of all time poll. There are a few new entries and some bona fide classics in this part of the list. Congratulations to all those who are listed in our roll call of truly great musicals. Did your favourites make the Top 100? Don’t forget to let us know your thoughts in the Comments section below. 70. Shrek https://youtu.be/rETYrQz-KeE Based on the 2001 Dreamworks film, which in turn was based on the 1990 Book by William Steig, Shrek is a musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire. The original Broadway production opened in 2088 running for twelve months and a re-vamped West End production ran from June 2011 to February 2013 before touring. The Broadway production was nominated for 8 Tony Awards winning one for Best Costume Design. 69. A Chorus … Read more

Shrek UK Tour Trailer Released

Dean Chisnall Shrek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rETYrQz-KeE&feature=youtu.be We’re all believers here at BritishTheatre.com. Our friends at Shrek have just released their new show trailer and it’s got us all dancing around the office. Join Shrek (Dean Chisnall), Princess Fiona (Faye Brookes) and Donkey (Idriss Kargbo) as they take on the evil Lord Farquaad (Gerard Carey) in theatres across the UK. For more information visit The Shrek UK Tour Website