Shrek The Musical – Hull New Theatre
Imagine being thrown out of your house and told by your parents to make your own way in life - at the age of 7!
That’s exactly what happened to a young Shrek, the green ogre whose story is told in Shrek The Musical which started its run at the Hull New Theatre on Tuesday night.
But that was the only sad-ish part of the whole rip-roaring production.
On the stage, a huge arc of lights surrounded by a backdrop of falling snowflakes and a massive Shrek story book, plus a soundtrack of croaking frogs, greeted us as we took our seats.
Within minutes of curtain up, Shrek, now a giant, broke wind, then used a skunk as a deodorant under his armpits. That’s what ogres do.
Shrek (Antony Lawrence) had us in the palm of his hands from that first window-rattling trump.
But his world is...