Shrek entertains

ROCHDALE Musical Theatre Company's Shrek the Musical at Champness Hall was a thoroughly entertaining and uplifting show

- REVIEW: SEAMUS KELLY

SHREK, a big green ogre with sticking out ears, bad breath and layers, was a big hit at the movies with the first in a series of films released in 2001.

Along with his, initially unwelcome, sidekick Donkey, the feisty fairytale princess Fiona and a host of fairytale characters. The movie was loosely based on the book Shrek! by William Steig.

Shrek the Musical is a stage musical based on the movie and is produced in Rochdale by the Rochdale Musical Theatre Company in Champness Hall, directed by Seb Lassandro.

The story starts with a seven-year-old Shrek being sent off to make his own way in the world by his parents. He makes his home in a swamp until a great crown of fairytale creatures arrive having been expelled from their home in the land of Duloc on the orders of Lord Farquaad who wants to be king.