Monday, 3 February 2014

Casting announced for Shrek The Musical UK Tour

Producers of Shrek The Musical have announced the show's brand new touring cast.

Idriss Kargbo (Donkey) and Gerard Carey (Lord Farquaad) join the previously announced Dean Chisnall (Shrek) and Faye Brookes (Princess Fiona, pictured right).

They will be joined by a full company of fairy-tale characters including BrontĂ© BarbĂ©, Nikki Bentley, Jennifer Caldwell, Candace Furbert, Steffan Harri, Will Haswell, James Lacey, Mia Lincoln, Neil Moors, Jenny O’Leary, Georgina Parkinson, Rohan Pinnock-Hamilton, Ryan Reid, Leo Roberts, Jacqui Sanchez, Oliver Tester and Kerry Winter.

Nigel Harman will direct the 2014/15 UK are Ireland Tour of Shrek The Musical, which begins at the Grand Theatre in Leeds on Wednesday 23rd July. The tour will then visit Bristol, Nottingham, Belfast, Dublin, Oxford, Manchester, Aberdeen, Canterbury, Newcastle, Glasgow and Sheffield, with further venues still to be announced.

Shrek The Musical, which was originally directed in the West End by Jason Moore and Rob Ashford, is based on the story and characters from William Steig's book Shrek! and the Oscar-winning Dreamworks Animations feature film.

Shrek The Musical opened on Broadway in 2008 before touring to nearly 150 cities in the USA and Canada. Productions of Shrek The Musical have played in Spain, Poland, France, Malaysia, China, Brazil, Italy, Denmark, The Netherlands, Estonia, Israel and Turkey.

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