Frozen The Musical freezes Covent Garden with spectacular ice sculptures

Disney’s Frozen The Musical is currently taking over Covent Garden for a special event.

The hit West End show is bringing a touch of Arendelle to Covent Garden piazza as part of Disney Theatrical Productions’ partnership which first began with their Pop Up Shop in 2018.

As part of a festive installation this Christmas (running to 3 January), a Frozen Forest has sprung up which will feature snow fall every hour from noon until 7PM alongside other magical touches across the area.

On 13 November, as part of a special one-off event, Europe’s leading ice manufacturer The Ice Co created a series of nine ice sculptures of the much-loved characters from Frozen The Musical which were displayed throughout the piazza for families to enjoy – including Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and many more.

Craig Gallivan, Oliver Ormson, Stephanie McKeon, Samantha Barks, Mikayla Jade, Obioma Ugoala - photo by Roy Baron
Craig Gallivan, Oliver Ormson, Stephanie McKeon, Samantha Barks, Mikayla Jade, Obioma Ugoala – photo by Roy Baron
Stephanie McKeon (Anna), Samantha Barks (Elsa) - photo by Roy Baron
Stephanie McKeon (Anna), Samantha Barks (Elsa) – photo by Roy Baron
Frozen freezes Covent Garden -image by Roy Baron
Frozen freezes Covent Garden -image by Roy Baron

At the weekend the West End cast came down and were photographed with ice sculptures of the much loved characters.

Plus, on the same day, passers-by were able to watch the company live carve an ice sculpture of Sven while families were invited to also try their hand at ice sculpting.

Mikayla Jade in the Infinity Tunnel in Covent Garden - photo by Roy Baron
Mikayla Jade in the Infinity Tunnel in Covent Garden – photo by Roy Baron
Mikayla Jade ice sculpting her character Sven - photo by Roy Baron
Mikayla Jade ice sculpting her character Sven – photo by Roy Baron
Frozen ice scuptures - photo by Roy Baron
Frozen ice scuptures – photo by Roy Baron
Craig Gallivan (Olaf) - by Roy Baron
Craig Gallivan (Olaf) – by Roy Baron

Frozen The Musical is currently playing in London at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

The current cast features Samantha Barks (Elsa), Stephanie McKeon (Anna), Obioma Ugoala (Kristoff), Craig Gallivan (Olaf), Oliver Ormson (Hans), Richard Frame (Weselton), and alternating the role of Sven, Mikayla Jade and Ashley Birchall.

Frozen freezes Covent Garden - image by Roy Baron
Frozen freezes Covent Garden – image by Roy Baron
Infitnity tunnel - Frozen Covent Garden takeover - image by Roy Baron
Infitnity tunnel – Frozen Covent Garden takeover – image by Roy Baron

With music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, and book by Jennifer Lee, Frozen is directed by Michael Grandage.

Picture: Disney’s Frozen – Samantha Barks (Elsa) – Photo by Johan Persson © Disney

About the author: Josh Darvill

Josh is Stageberry's editor with over five years of experience writing about theatre in the West End and across the UK. Prior to following his passion for musicals, he worked for more than a decade as a TV journalist.