Shrek The Musical Reviews

Sheila Johnson from Woking, England

SHREK THE MUSICAL

Disappointed, couldn't see as people in front kept fidgeting and moving about. The show didn't hold my attention and my grandchildren 8 and 12 wanted to leave. We left at the break. Lots of the audience seemed to have no idea of how to behave in a theatre. This was opening night on the Monday 30th. Shame because I was looking forward to seeing it.

Paul from Liverpool,

THINK ABOUT THE YOUNGER AUDIENCE

I agree with a lot of the positive comments..however..in the cheap seats it was quite hard to understand some of the diction. Many young families up with us, some leaving not even half way through. A family show needed some more family humour thrown in, let's appreciate some first timers to the theatre. The farting dance, got the biggest laugh, something everyone can relate to. Re-write on some joke additions and an improvement on. The sound reaching the upper seats..would be my critique. Singing and dancing very good but much of the songs did not remind me of the movie...could do better.

Marjory Perry from Edinburgh,

SHREK

Disappointing. Was in the Balcony in RowF so fairly good seats. Difficulty both with diction and hearing. Grandchildren aged 6 and 9 were not particularly interested and kept asking if it was over. Agree with previous review that the songs chosen bore no resemblance to the original.

Harper family from Edinburgh,

NOT AS WHAT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY EXPECTED

So disappointing after the hype and excitement from my 4 grandchildren awaiting this much anticipated show. All to quickly the children lost interest with what was going on. The youngest kept asking us 'when are they going to sing shrek songs'? We were all expecting to hear at least some of the original music/songs. Half time and the children had their coats on ready to leave. Thank goodness for 'breaking wind' top and bottom as the children were hysterical at this, unfortunately the humour did not last long for them. The finale was its only saving grace when the cast started to sing 'Im a believer' and my four children went wild, dancing, clapping, singing and cheering. If only the show maintained some originality in music and song.......... I personally feel as a family of 4 adults and 4 children that we were robbed of over £400.00 Sorry to inform but I I will not recommend this show to anyone with children.

Rita from Liverpool,

EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTING

We were really looking forward to this musical, but but it was a disappointment. We were at the top of the upper circle on row Q on the left looking at the stage. We couldn't see much of what was going on because the half moon cover over the stage restricted our view. We couldn't see Fiona in the cave, nor the finale with the dragon and Lord Farquar. The sound was inaudible in many parts, and there was not enough going on to keep the childrens attention. We expected to see similar content to the film, after all, thats what the children were excited and expecting to see but it was severely lacking in many ways. The music was boring and the tempo was slow, it felt more like a pantomime without the audience participation. Many people left before the end, however we stuck it out. The only reason we give it 2 stars was because of the fart and burp scene, and I'm a believer at the end when the audience actually came alive! It came across as a cheap production, a very poor show indeed

Isaac from Oxford,

AWFUL

This honestly felt like a village pantomime at best. The worst £180 I’ve ever spent - we left halfway through the show. Awful acting, very average stage set up, singing was mediocre at best. Had very little relation to the actual story and don’t expect to hear the songs in the movie. Complete disappointment, would highly recommend avoiding this one.

Jennifer Taylor from Edinburgh,

SO DISAPPOINTING

We found it a really bad show, songs were awful and too many of them and Shrek himself wasn’t a big enough presence on stage.

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