The 140-minute show is divided into two acts, with a 10-minute break. The first act begins with a little ogre called Shrek whose parents sit him down on his seventh birthday and tell him to leave home and never come back.

He sets off to a patch of swampland and calls it home. Years pass and Shrek becomes a huge ogre who lives alone happily, until a group of mythical creatures, including Peter Pan, the Sugar Plum Fairy and Pinocchio are dumped in the swamp after they are banished from the Duloc kingdom by Lord Farquaad.

Distraught at the change, Shrek decides to pay a visit to Lord Farquaad and demand he reinstate his peaceful swamp. On the journey to Duloc, he meets with the hilarious and chatty Donkey, who begs Shrek to take him as a traveling companion.

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Arriving at Duloc, the sassy Lord Farquaad agrees to hand the swamp back to Shrek on one condition: Shrek must rescue Princess Fiona, who has been locked up in a tower, and bring her back to Duloc.

Shrek is a popular fairytale penned by illustrator William Steig. The rather unconventional story caught the eye of DreamWorks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg, who introduced it to the public on the silver screen before taking it to Broadway.

Kyle Timson plays Shrek while Lindsay Estelle Dunn, whose credits include Grease and Spamalot, stars as Princess Fiona. Shrek the Musical is the first international debut for both actors.

Spencer Stevens, who stars as Peter Pan and is an understudy for Pinocchio, said cast members had only 45 seconds to change clothes backstage before returning to the stage. "It was like a beehive back there,” he said during a discussion session after the show.

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“Each character of this show has two backups; we also have cast who know every single line of every character in this production,” added Christina Carlucci, who plays the Sugar Plum Fairy and is an understudy for the Princess Fiona character.

“The hardest part is maintenance, making sure we stay looking as good as we were when the show first opened. In addition to performing in the studio, we also need to exercise,” Carlucci said when asked about the hardest part of performing internationally.

“Just being away from your family, from your home, and sometimes you have to deal with the laundry as well," joked Stevens.

“I love the weather [in Jakarta]. It’s beautiful, but the traffic here is a bit…” he added. (kes)

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