Disney’s award-winning The Lion King is holding open auditions across the UK in a quest for talented singers and dancers to join the West End company in the future.
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The Lion King – Birmingham Hippodrome and Touring
The Lion King continues at the Birmingham Hippodrome until 16 September 2023 before moving on to Dublin where it runs until 11 November 2023. Further tour dates are expected to be announced.
First look at Disney’s new Simba plus The Lion King tour cast unveiled
Stephenson Ardern-Sodje is stepping into the role of Simba when the UK and Ireland tour of Disney’s The Lion King reopens in Dublin this December. After making his stage debut in the original West End cast of Hamilton and featuring in the company for the recent Globe Theatre tour, the actor will play the central […]
Five Questions With: Jennifer Ashley Tepper
JENNIFER ASHLEY TEPPER – the acclaimed young theatre writer and historian – recently released her new book The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 4 to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the 2020-2021 Broadway shutdown. The Untold Stories of Broadway, Volume 4 – featuring interviews with Patti LuPone, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Donna Murphy, Jonathan Groff, Julie Taymor, […]
Disney’s The Lion King is set for a West End return in July 2021
Disney’s The Lion King will reopen in the West End on 29 July 2021, returning to the Lyceum Theatre, its London home for more than two decades, where the production has been seen by over 16 million people. Since the premiere of Julie Taymor’s internationally celebrated stage adaptation on Broadway in 1997, The Lion King […]
Nick Afoa to join The Lion King tour
The West End’s current Simba, Nick Afoa will join the second UK and Ireland tour of Disney’s The Lion King from 30 April 2020. After making his stage debut in the Australian production of the hit show in 2013, the New Zealand-born former All Blacks rugby star will follow his three-year run in London by […]
The Lion King to embark on second UK and Ireland tour as West End production celebrates 20th anniversary
Disney’s multi-award-winning musical The Lion King will head out on its second UK and Ireland tour later this year just weeks before the hit show celebrates its 20th anniversary at London’s Lyceum Theatre. Presented by the Walt Disney Company UK and Ireland, the new touring production will open in Bristol in September before moving on […]
The Lion King – rugby player turned stage actor Nicholas Afoa joins London cast
Former international rugby player turned stage star Nicholas Afoa will join the award-winning West End production of Disney’s The Lion King later this month. The New Zealander whose promising playing career with the All Blacks was cut short by injury, began his new career as a theatre performer when he beat 400 other hopefuls to […]
West End production of The Lion King hold opens auditions
The award-winning West End production of Disney’s The Lion King will be holding a series of open auditions in Birmingham, Manchester and London. Currently celebrating 16 successful years at London’s Lyceum Theatre, the show’s casting team is searching for male and female singers with strong soulful or gospel style voices and the ability to dance well […]
The Lion King hosts third autism-friendly performance
Following the success of dedicated autism-friendly performances in 2013 and 2014, a third dedicated performance of Disney’s The Lion King has been announced for Sunday 30 August 2015 at 1:30pm. Tickets are now on sale. The Lion King staged the West End’s first-ever dedicated autism-friendly performance in April 2013. Working closely with the National Autistic Society, the UK’s […]
The Lion King celebrates its 15th anniversary at Lyceum
On Sunday 19 October Disney’s The Lion King will celebrate its 15th anniversary at London’s Lyceum Theatre. The award-winning musical has entertained more than 12 million theatregoers and remains the West End’s best-selling stage production. It also recently became the sixth longest-running West End musical of all time. To celebrate this milestone and to thank Londoners […]
