Principal casting has been announced for the UK and Ireland tour of Shrek the Musical, which opens at Theatre Royal Plymouth on 21 July.

Anthony Lawrence (The Lion King, International tour) will play Shrek, alongside Joanne Clifton (The Addams Family, UK tour) as Fiona, James Gillan (Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, West End), and Brandon Lee Sears (Dreamgirls, UK tour) as Donkey.

On 27 February 2023, the cast of Shrek the Musical will perform at BBC Big Night of the Musicals at Manchester’s AO Arena. The programme will be shown in a special 90-minute presentation on BBC One and on BBC Radio 2 in the spring.

After Plymouth, the production will visit Manchester, Dublin, Bristol, Southend, Carlisle, Aberdeen, Oxford, Wimbledon, Dartford, Northampton, Bradford, Woking, Eastbourne, Cardiff, York, Blackpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Coventry, Sunderland, Liverpool, Southampton, Milton Keynes, Hull, Cheltenham, Nottingham, Norwich, Belfast, Birmingham and Derry.

The team joining forces to re-create the bright and beautiful world of Shrek the Musical includes acclaimed director and choreographer Nick Winston, co-director Sam Holmes, set and costume designer Philip Witcomb, lighting designer Ben Cracknell, sound designer Ben Harrison and casting director Jim Arnold.

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