Shrek just keeps on giving, doesn’t he? We can’t get over the ogre. DreamWorks’ first spoof fairytale animation appeared in 2001, with Mike Myers voicing the truculent emerald antihero, Eddie Murphy as his garrulous Donkey companion and Cameron Diaz as the combative Princess Fiona. There have been four sequels so far with a fifth just announced, plus the Puss in Boots spinoffs.
In 2008 it was turned into a Broadway musical by David Lindsay-Abaire (book and lyrics) and Jeanine Tesoro (music) which came to the West End in 2011. Now it’s back in London, remounted at the cavernous Eventim after a regional tour. Though cheerfully well-meaning, and likely to find a captive family audience for the summer holidays, it’s pretty lame.
