Shrek: The Musical
Alyssa
“It’s a big bright beautiful world,with happiness all around ”especially when you go see Shrek The Musical Directed by Mr. Dunlop at the our local high schools theatre. Shrek the musical is just like the Dreamworks movie but with music which makes it 100 times better. The Acting/Singing, Props/Costumes, and Sound/Lighting made Shrek The Musical an amazing performance.
The Acting and Singing in the musical was phenomenal. I really loved how all the songs had humour in them like What’s Up Duloc, Big Bright Beautiful World and I Know It’s Today. The actors who played the main characters were amazing there was Mr. Colasanti who was Shrek, Donkey who was played by Ms. Dzieciol, Fiona who was Ms. Baggio and Ms. Stefina my favourite character was Lord Farquaad who was played by Mr. Duenas. I heard a lot of negative comments about how donkey a boy was played by a girl and how it showed homosexuality and messed up that whole character. I disagree with all those comments because Anna Dzieciol was phenomenal as Donkey she obviously deserved that part and was the best actor for that role. The students at our local high school performed the songs extremely well and they put on an amazing show.
The Props and Costumes in the musical were just amazing it was hard to believe that a group of high school students made all of the props and costumes. Some of the props they made blew my mind such as Gingey they made the mouth move it looked it extremely realistic. One of the props I really loved was the dragon it looked so cool it was unfortunate that the arm fell off but they handled it very well. The main characters costumes were amazing I really like how they did Shrek’s costume it looked very realistic, I also loved Fiona’s costume and how as she grew older the dress changed. I was not a huge fan of the ears on Donkey’s Costume but Anna made up for it with her amazing acting. The most impressive costume in my opinion would definitely be Lord Farquaad’s costume. We all know that Lord Farquaad is extremely short so Ferlenn was on his knees the whole play the cape was bulky enough so that you could not see his feet. I loved the set pieces they used for the play when the set changed I could tell where they were and was not confused. My favourite set piece would have to be Fiona’s castle it was so beautiful and convenient for the actors to go in the front of the piece without being noticed.
The Sound and Lighting for the musical was good in my opinion I did notice a few mistakes but there is always some mistake in any play/musical. I really liked how the lighting gave sort of an emotion to each setting when they were in Lord Farquaad’s castle they had deep blue lighting which gave me an deep dark feeling. At the castle where Fiona was rescued they used a red light which gave off an angry vibe. In the swamp the used a bright green light and looked very beautiful and gave off a nature feel. The sound was fairly good when the actors were singing you could hear them fairly well. I could always hear what the actors were saying they never mumbled or talk too fast which a lot of actors do.The only issue I had with the sound was when there would be sound effect there was a white noise/hiss before it came on.
The Acting/Singing, Props/Costumes and Sound/Lighting made Shrek The Musical a Phenomenal musical I would definitely watch the musical again and again. The local high shcools Students and Staff put on an amazing production which showed all of the hard work put into it. I cannot believe that a High School put on such an amazing musical. I would rate this musical five stars out of five stars in a heartbeat. If you ever want to kill some time I believe the best way is to go watch Shrek: The Musical.
