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March 10 2012, 3:13am | Comments »
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Shrek the Musical Theatre Breaks
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Shrek the Musical theatre breaks - see what's available Shrek the Musical is a great choice for family theatre breaks. The music is excellent, costumes and puppetry have to be seen to be believed and the show can genuinely be enjoyed by all ages. The show is perfect for family groups but funny enough to keep adults entertained too. Shrek the Musical is currently playing at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Shrek The musical is based on the story and characters from William Steig’s book Shrek! and the Oscar-winning film about the lovable green ogre. There can’t be many people with children who don’t know the story. The films have been so popular on video that many children, and some of their parents, will know them off by heart. The stage show stays close to the film but there are some surprises too. It is your basic boy meets princess/donkey meets dragon fairy tale with a few delightful twists. The show has lots of new songs and even a version of Neil Diamond’s I’m A Believer, which was a big hit for The Monkees. It played on Broadway from December 2008 to January 2010 and won a Tony Award for Best Costume Design. We really enjoyed the excerts from the show at this year’s West End Live:
The official trailer looks good too:
The Cast of Shrek The Musical Amanda Holden Shrek The Musical Amanda Holden Amanda Holden is perhaps best known as one of the judges from Britain’s Got Talent and plays Princess Fiona, the female lead in Shrek The Musical. You might be surprised to learn that she has a good track record in West End musicals and was nominated for an award for her performance in Thoroughly Modern Millie. Nigel Lindsey Nigel Lindsay plays Shrek. You might have seen him in any number of TV shows including Spooks, Silent Witness, Waking the Dead, Midsomer Murders, New Tricks and Between the Lines. He was last seen in the West End at the Duke of York’s Theatrein the David Eldridge play Under the Blue Sky. Nigel Harman Nigel Harman has been cast as Lord Farquaad . You’ll probably know him from EastEnders where he played heart-throb Dennis Rickman. He has also worked extensively in theatre, with roles including Three Days of Rain at the Apollo, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls at the Piccadilly Theatre and on tour, True West at the Sheffield Crucible and Privates on Parade at the Donmar Warehouse. Richard Blackwood Shrek The Musical Donkey meets Dragon Richard Blackwood plays the Donkey. You might think of him as mostly a comedian and media personality but he is good actor too. Last year we saw him when he played Brightie in Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with the Braodway cast including Adrian Lester and James Earl Jones at the Novello Theatre in London. He is ideal for this role as the fast talking, wise cracking donkey, originally created in the film by Eddie Murphy. You can hear the cast talking about their roles and explaining why the show is not just for children in this little video:
Shrek the Musical Theatre Breaks The show is selling well so, as is often the case with popular shows, booking Shrek the Musical theatre breaks is a good way of getting tickets. Check this link to see what is available Shrek the Musical Theatre Breaks Shrek the Musical Theatre Breaks was originally posted at London Theatre Breaks blog
August 15 2011, 5:15am | Comments »
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New Musicals for Theatre Breaks
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Since the start of tis year, 2011 there have been a handful of new musicals for theatre breaks opening in London. The Wizard of Oz began previews back in February with Danielle Hope starring as Dorothy, and has gone from strength to strength ever since. Expect high demand for theatre breaks and tickets around Christmas and early in the new year as families book themselves a winter treat. With somewhat less of a fanfare, the musical Betty Blue Eyes also opened in March for a limited run and is currently extended unti at least October 2011. Betty Blue Eyes is the story of a household surviving in post World War 2 Yorkshire by raising a pig to avoid the bacon rationing. Betty Blue Blues is in fact the name of the pig! Ghost The Musical is the big one, just opened in June in London after try out in Manchester and a showcase at West End Live 2011. The dazzling new musical GHOST, is based on the phenomenal Oscar winning Paramount Pictures film of the same name, and features great rock music by Eurythmics writer Dave Stewart with the help of Glenn Ballard. If you only see one new musical this year, go and see Ghost Lend Me A Tenor is an old fashioned Vaudeville style musical, which transferred from Plymouth and stars Matthew Kelly London Tube escalators are full of adverts for The Million Dollar Quartet, a story of fame, friendship, discovery, divided loyalties, professional jealousy and incredible music as four of the music industry’s most extraordinary talents, all in their creative prime, made music together for the first and only time in their careers. A true story of the electrifying night in 1956 when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis came together to make music and ended up making history. Rock of Ages doesn’t actually start until next month, August 2011, but we had a preview of the soft rock, 1980s style juke box musical at West End Live. And last but by no means least, we had the opening of Shrek The Musical with Amanda Holden, a major blockbuster of a film and musical which looks set to be a favourite family choice for theatre breaks in London for many years to come.
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