It’s solely been ten years since Frozen was first launched as a movie and simply two because the musical got here to the West End. With the variety of occasions I’ve heard Let It Go be sung and seen kids scurrying round London sporting Elsa costumes I assumed it had been for much longer.

I headed all the way down to the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane to lastly see the Disney movie dropped at life on stage. In a really candy contact, as you make your approach in, synthetic snow begins to fall on you which ones actually provides to the magical setting.

I do assume when most of us consider Frozen we consider it as Princess Elsa’s story when, in actuality, it is far more about her energetic youthful sister Princess Anna. The actress who performed the younger royal pranced throughout the stage as if she owned it, which I felt actually introduced the boisterous princess to life. Phoebe Penfold captured Elsa’s nervous and protecting nature very well and seeing the siblings work together on stage was candy.

The plot to the musical follows the movie which, naturally, meant that there weren’t many surprises arising – however I did catch myself holding my breath when the King and Queen went to sea. It even has some moments that really feel equivalent to the movie, similar to when Anna wakes up along with her hair in every single place on her sister’s coronation day.

While it is undeniably a present made with a youthful viewers in thoughts there are barely extra grownup moments similar to when Princess Anna is admiring the physique of Prince Hans with considerably of a wandering hand or when a kiss finally ends up with a face planted firmly in her bust. I do assume these moments are thrown in for the grownup viewers. There was additionally just a little extra pores and skin than I anticipated with Anna stripping all the way down to get modified on stage twice.

Not solely that, however the Hygge portion of the present had your complete viewers guffawing because the ensemble poured out of a sauna sporting little quite a lot of leaves and branches. The consideration to the unique plot and iconic strains is current all through, though the musical positively leaves its mark with songs and features you will not see within the movement image.

It’s stunning that Frozen is Laura Dawkes’s West End debut, with the 21-year-old actress having graduated from Emil Dale Academy earlier this yr. She completely captures the power of the cheeky princess and retains the viewers hooked along with her consideration to element in every facial features. With Princess Anna being her breakout function Laura Dawkes is certainly one to observe on the West End theatre scene. 

Sven is without doubt one of the extra alarming characters to see on stage and positively stole the present each time he trotted out throughout the stage. Olaf is one among my favorite characters on the present, Craig Gallivan’s mastery of the puppet makes it simple to neglect he is transferring him in any respect. In Summer is a very nice quantity that reveals you the within world of the cheerful snowman who desires of sunbathing.

Queen Elsa felt like an older sister who was satisfied she knew greatest and I believe Jenna Lee-James does a fantastic job of interesting to the kids within the viewers. Her efficiency of Let It Go had a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it second that had virtually each viewers member applauding – there was an plain sense of magic within the air.

Frozen, in essence, is a narrative of affection between two sisters, and seeing it introduced alive on stage is sort of heart-warming; particularly as we watch Anna wrestle to determine what real love actually is. It’s a stunning present and whereas it is positively one for kids and households I do assume adults can get pleasure from it too.

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