Dean Chisnall will play ‘the beloved swamp-dwelling ogre’ in the forthcoming tour of Shrek the Musical
Casting has been revealed for the first ever UK and Ireland tour of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane production of Shrek the Musical.
Dean Chisnall will play the beloved swamp-dwelling ogre Shrek, the role he previously played in the West End, Faye Brookes is damsel in distress Princess Fiona, Idriss Kargbo is Shrek’s wisecracking sidekick Donkey and Gerard Carey is pint-sized villain Lord Farquaad.
They will be joined by a full company of fairy-tale characters including Bronté Barbé, 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.
As previously announced, the UK and Ireland tour of Shrek the Musical will be directed by Nigel Harman who starred as Lord Farquaad in the West End production, winning him the 2012 Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical. It will open at the Grand Theatre in Leeds on Wednesday 23 July, and will then visit Bristol, Nottingham, Belfast, Dublin, Oxford, Manchester, Aberdeen, Canterbury, Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Norwich, Southampton, Plymouth and Milton Keynes with further venues still to be announced.
Shrek the Musical, 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 award-winning DreamWorks Animations feature film.
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. The UK and Ireland tour will be presented by Dreamworks Theatricals, Neal Street Productions, Playful Productions, Lee Menzies, Ron Kastner, Tulchin/Bartner Productions, Saracen Films, Mark Cartwright, Gavin Kalin and Glass Half Full Productions/Just For Laughs Theatricals.
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