LILITHIA REVIEWS ★★★★★

Shrek is love. Shrek is life. That’s something I firmly believe, and burlesque performances are some of the greatest shows I’ve ever been to, so I’ve been counting down the days until Swamplesque arrived in Melbourne.

Walking into Melbourne Town Hall, I felt among my people. After all, I wasn’t the only person wearing a Shrek shirt. I wasn’t even the only person wearing Shrek themed Crocs! A crowd filled with cosplays, and so many sexy Farquaads. As much as this is connects to my beloved ogre, this is not affiliated with Shrek, the franchise or The Dreamworks Company, hopefully me specifying this will keep people from being sued.

Swamplesque is the abridged story of our favourite green ogre, with nipple tassels, and feather fans, I’m sure I’ve sold you at this point. This show is rated 18+ so this review will include mentions that relate to the content featured.

Starting the show with our favourite ogre, played by Trigger Happy (Director Ben Trigger), performing a feather fan dance to Smash Mouth’s, iconic ‘All Star’ the crowd collectively absolutely lost their minds. That’s probably an understatement, actually.

Every dance performance is hilarious, fitting with the story perfectly and not one of them felt out place. Having the iconic line “Not my gumdrop buttons!” turn into a strip tease from the Gingerbread Man (Tugboat Tiffy) to the mashup of Melanie Martinez’s ‘Gingerbread Man’ and ‘Buttons’ by the Pussycat Dolls, this performance was so incredible, I know that it will be ingrained in my brain forever, and I’m so happy about that.

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