Frozen Archives - North West End UK

12May

By Katie LeicesterNo Comments

North West

Frozen – The Brindley Theatre

Disney’s Frozen, with music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, was originally directed on Broadway by Michael Grandage and has become one of the most beloved modern musicals for audiences of all ages. Therefore, it was with huge excitement and great anticipation that I attended the Centenary Theatre Company’s production of Disney Frozen at the The Brindley Theatre. As one of the very first amateur productions of Frozen anywhere in the UK and the first production in the North of England, this was always going to be a special theatrical event, and the company certainly rose to the challenge magnificently. Directed by Dan Grimes, this production captured all the magic, warmth and spectacle audiences have come to love from Frozen, whilst also bringing an enormo...

Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical – Disney+

20Jun

By Paddy Darnell-WalshNo Comments

REVIEWS

Frozen: The Hit Broadway Musical – Disney+

Disney’s modern classic ‘Frozen’ is brought to life on stage, with a lot to live up to following a string of hit predecessors, including, ‘The Lion King’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Aladdin’. However, it certainly does live up to it, and then some! Opening on Broadway in 2018, before crossing the Atlantic to London’s West End in 2021, the show is now accessible to a Global audience with this wonderful, recorded performance from London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane. Predominantly keeping true to the film, the story centres around Queen Elsa and sister Anna, of Arendelle, as Elsa’s hidden powers unwittingly plunge the town into an eternal winter. The sisters, along with friends made along the way, must learn to thaw the snow and ice before it’s too late. With all the songs and thrills of th...

1May

By Dave SmithNo Comments

London

Frozen – Greenwich Theatre

Nancy (Kerrie Taylor) finds herself with her hands full, managing the squabbles of her two young daughters. She sends the youngest, Rhona, on a small errand only for her to encounter Ralph (James Bradshaw) along the way - a man who preys on young girls who abducts her before assaulting and killing her. Indra Ové takes on the role of Agnetha, an American academic who travels to England to study Ralph and his crimes. In case you have not gathered, Bryony Lavery’s Frozen is far from a light-hearted play; it bears no resemblance to the musical of the same name playing nearby along the Thames. We follow Ralph and Nancy over two decades as his crime haunts Nancy and resonates through her life. Director James Haddrell's has clearly given a lot of thought to the staging, as Ralph and Nanc...

Frozen: A Musical Spectacular – Disney Cruise Lines

17Nov

By Paul DownhamNo Comments

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Frozen: A Musical Spectacular – Disney Cruise Lines

This reviewer must be one of the few people to have never watched the film Frozen, although even then has been unable to entirely escape a certain level of knowledge! The film cast though were at least credited, whereas the cast of the stage show performed on the Disney Cruise Lines are forever doomed to anonymity thanks to the Disney policy of not crediting their live performers because they are the character. Frozen – A Musical Spectacular is an abridged version of the film, mostly the songs and some interlinking short scenes and feels like a cross between a spectacularly staged musical and a provincial pantomime. A small cast of principles and ensemble are tasked with creating a feel of a show that needs to be bigger. The cast, uncredited, vary in skill. The young woman playing An...