S Y N O P S I S . . .
Set in a mythical “once upon a time” sort of land, Shrek the Musical is a one-of-a-kind, hilarious fairy tale in which curses are reversed, monsters get the girls, donkeys and dragons find love, and princesses are beautiful in all shapes and sizes. Grumpy, gruff, green ogre Shrek lives alone in his swamp. The world is fearful and mocking of him, and he is more than happy to leave the world to itself, in turn. Suddenly, his hermit existence is thrown open, when a group of homeless fairy tale characters — Pinocchio, the Gingerbread Man, the Three Little Pigs, and more — burst upon his swamp, seeking refuge from the persecution of the cruel, vertically-challenged Lord Farquaad. Shrek seeks out Farquaad, who offers him a deal: if Shrek rescues the Princess Fiona (whom Farquaad wishes to marry for her crown), then Farquaad will ensure the return of Shrek’s swamp by returning the fairy tale creatures to their homes. In a desperate attempt to regain his swamp’s hermitic peace, Shrek enters the world for the first time in his life. He travels to Princess Fiona’s prison, rescues her from a fire-breathing dragon, and then – scariest of all – is forced to get to know the princess as he tries to bring her back to evil Farquaad. To the determinedly unsocial ogre’s dismay, Fiona is very different from what he expected a princess to be. She may even provoke Shrek’s most novel experience yet: Love. With dazzling sets, whimsical puppetry, high energy dance numbers, and laughs by the minute, Shrek the Musical transforms the contemporary children’s book and popular animated feature film into a stage musical that is sure to entertain and make audiences believers in happy endings for all.
M E D I A . . .
Video Interviews: Max Gambale, Musical Directors
Shrek TV Advertisement (Facebook)
What's On This Weekend - Shrek Meet and Greet (CityNews.com.au)
Shrek The Musical - Launch video (Facebook)
Shrek is alive and well, and he's living in Canberra (The Canberra Times)
CREATIVES...
Director
Musical Directors
Choreographer
Set Designer
Costume Designer
Ylaria Rogers
Ian McLean
Kat Tang
Michelle Heine
Martin Searles
Fiona Leach
CAST LIST...
Shrek
Donkey
Fiona
Lord Farquaad
Dragon
Pinocchio
Three Little Pigs
Fairy Godmother
Peter Pan
Wicked Witch
Sugar Plum Fairy
Ugly Duckling
Three Bears – Papa
Mama
Baby
Big Bad Wolf
Mad Hatter
Humpty Dumpty
Pied Piper
Elf
Dwarf
Madame Ogre
Papa Ogre
Teen Fiona
Teen Fiona Understudy
Young Fiona
Young Shrek
King Harold
Captain of the Guards
Dancers
Max Gambale
Joel Hutchings
Laura Murphy
Martin Searles
Tegan Braithwaite
Max Macmillan
Mackenzie Rae
Hannah Lance
Mady Cocking
Lara Jurkiewicz
Mitchell France
Tracy Noble
Emma Gaynor
Sophia Marzano
Mark Maconachie
Alex McPherson
Joshua Nicholls
Michael Heming
Alex Thorpe
Kirrily Cornwell
Alex Thorpe
Glenn Brighenti
Imogen Baggoley; Gabriella Heron
Tracy Noble
Mark Maconachie
Emily Horton-Hume
Katy Larkin
Imogen Baggoley; Gabriella Heron
Jake Keen; Joshua Nicholls
Michael Heming
Ben Russell
Breanna Blundell
Hannah Lance
Katy Larkin
Emma Gaynor
Mackenzie Rae
Alex Thorpe
Mady Cocking
Tegan Braithwaite
Emily Byass
Michael Heming
Jake Keen
Emily Horton-Hume
Mitchell France