SHREK THE MUSICAL TOUR
Based on the Oscar®-winning DreamWorks Animated film, Shrek the Musical returns to the stage in a newly imagined production on a new UK tour from July 2023. Directed and choreographed by Nick Winston and Samuel Holmes with design by Phil Whitcomb, it is produced by Mark Goucher and will open at Theatre Royal Plymouth on 21st July, with further dates to be announced.
Ccasting news is that Anthony Lawrence (The Lion King tour, Matilda the Musical) is Shrek, alongside Joanne Clifton (Strictly Come Dancing, Windfall, The Addams Family) as Fiona. Also cast are Brandon Lee Sears (Dreamgirls, Be More Chill, Come From Away) as Donkey with James Gillan (Everybody's Talking About Jamie), playing Lord Faquaad. They will be joined by Cherece Richards (Once on This Island) as the Dragon, with Leo Abad, Scotty Armstrong, Imogen Bailey, Jabari Braham, Georgie Buckland, Natasha Cayabyab, Mark Darcy, Jonathan David Dudley, Remi Ferdinand, Sonny Grieveson, Edward Leigh, Bethany Kate, Jessica Lim, Andile Mabhena, Bronte MacMillan, India Thornton. Talia Duff, Gabby Gregorian, Roy Shafford and Jamie Jonathan.
Set in a mythical “once upon a time” land, Shrek the Musical is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that crosses his path, retreats to an ugly green swamp to exist in happy isolation. Suddenly, a gang of homeless fairy-tale characters including Pinocchio, Cinderella and the Three Pigs, raid his sanctuary, saying they’ve been evicted by the vertically challenged Lord Farquaad who wants to be the next king. . So Shrek strikes a deal: I’ll get your homes back, if you give me my home back
But when Shrek and Farquaad meet, the Lord strikes a deal of his own: He’ll give the fairy-tale characters their homes back, if Shrek rescues Princess Fiona. Shrek obliges and sets offf with his his best friend Donkey, yet finds something appealing and strange about this pretty princess. He likes her a lot - but why does she always run off when the sun sets?
Below are the dates we have so far with more to follow.
| Plymouth Theatre Royal | 21st-29th July 2023 | Buy tickets |
Manchester Opera House |
1st-12th August |
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Dublin Bord Gais Energy |
15th-20th August |
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Bristol Hippodrome |
22nd August – 27th August |
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Southend Cliffs |
29th August – 2nd September |
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Carlisle Sands |
5th September – 10thSeptember |
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Aberdeen His Majesty’s |
12th September – 16th September |
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Oxford New |
19th September – 24th September |
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New Wimbledon |
26th September – 30th September |
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Dartford Orchard |
2nd-7th October |
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Northampton Derngate |
10th-15th October |
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Leicester Curve |
17th-21st October |
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Bradford Alhambra |
24th-28th October |
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Woking New Victoria |
30th October – 4th November |
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| Eastbourne Congress | 13th-18th November | Buy tickets |
Cardiff WMC |
20th-25th November |
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York GOH |
27th November – 2nd December |
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Blackpool Winter Gardens |
12th-30th December |
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Glasgow Kings Theatre |
15 – 20 January 2024 |
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Edinburgh Playhouse |
22-27 January |
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Coventry Belgrade |
30 January – 4 February |
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Sunderland Empire |
6-10 February |
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Liverpool Empire |
12-17 February |
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Southampton Mayflower |
20-25 February |
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Milton Keynes |
27 February – 3 March |
Buy tickets |
Hull New Theatre |
5-10 March |
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Cheltenham Everyman |
12 March – 17 March |
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Nottingham Theatre Royal |
19 March – 24 March |
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Norwich Theatre Royal |
26 March – 30 March |
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Grand Opera House Belfast |
2-6 April |
on sale soon |
The Alexandra, Birmingham |
9-14 April |
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Millenium Forum, Londonderry |
16-21 April |