Nigel Lindsay’s portly, green-faced ogre and Amanda Holden’s pretty as a picture Princess Fiona are amiable enough as they bond over a bout of flatulence in this likeable musical stage adaptation of the DreamWorks animation film.
The colourful fairy tale characters and tap-dancing rats are fun, too, though Richard Blackwood’s Donkey misses a trick.
But the real highlights of this entertaining, family-friendly show are the lovesick dragon which flies over the audience with fluttering eye-lashes and a knock-em-dead voice (courtesy of Landi Oshinowo) and Nigel Harman’s vertically challenged Lord Farquaad. Underhand, desperate to wed, and barely half the height of his intended, he gives what must be one of the best comic performances of the year, scuttling furiously across the stage on his knees with fake yellow puppet legs flapping.
The colourful fairy tale characters and tap-dancing rats are fun, too, though Richard Blackwood’s Donkey misses a trick.
But the real highlights of this entertaining, family-friendly show are the lovesick dragon which flies over the audience with fluttering eye-lashes and a knock-em-dead voice (courtesy of Landi Oshinowo) and Nigel Harman’s vertically challenged Lord Farquaad. Underhand, desperate to wed, and barely half the height of his intended, he gives what must be one of the best comic performances of the year, scuttling furiously across the stage on his knees with fake yellow puppet legs flapping.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Catherine Street, WC2B 5JF (0844 871 7615) Tube: Charing Cross/Covent Garden
ambassadortickets.com Until October 21 (£20.00- £65.00)
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