Posi Morakinyo and Asha Parker-Wallace will take over the roles of Simba and Nala in Disney’s The Lion King in the West End in May.
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Open auditions for Disney’s London production of The Lion King
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.
Lion King West End to welcome new Simba and Nala
Owen Chaponda and Merryl Ansah will step into the iconic roles of Simba and Nala in the award-winning West End production of Disney’s The Lion King this spring.
New cast members join The Lion King London company ahead of summer reopening
The West End production of Disney’s The Lion King will welcome 14 new members to its cast of over 50 actors, singers and dancers when the doors at its London home, the Lyceum Theatre, reopen this summer. Due to reopen from 29 July, the multi-award-winning production which celebrated two decades in the West End in […]
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 […]
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 […]
London Musical Theatre Orchestra announces concert versions of Camelot, Girlfriends & A Christmas Carol
Lerner and Loewe’s haunting Camelot will return to the West End for the first time in decades this autumn when London Musical Theatre Orchestra presents a special concert version at the London Palladium. The multi-award-winning story of King Arthur and his knights of the round table is one of three more productions announced for the […]
A Christmas Carol – Lyceum Theatre
A Christmas Carol at the Lyceum Theatre, London (the show will also be performed on 18 December). Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ At the front of the stage are lined up the cream of musical theatre and enough talent to fill several theatres. At the back is a 16-strong chorus, many […]
Robert Lindsay returns to role of Scrooge in LMTO A Christmas Carol
After the sell-out production of its concert version of A Christmas Carol last year, the London Musical Theatre Orchestra returns to the Lyceum Theatre in London this December. Starring award-winning actor Robert Lindsay as Scrooge, the show will have two performances of the festive favourite on 11 and 18 December. The Charles Dickens classic gets […]
The Lion King – new cast members join pack
Eleven new cast members have joined the award-winning West End production of Disney’s The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre. Now in its 18th year in the capital, the show’s new principal line-up includes Janique Charles, the Trinidad and Tobago-born actress who moved to London to join the UK touring cast of the show in 2013. […]
Robert Lindsay to star in LMTO’s A Christmas Carol concert
Triple Olivier Award-winning Robert Lindsay will take on the central role of Ebenezer Scrooge in the London Musical Theatre Orchestra’s concert staging of the 1994 Broadway musical reworking of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Based on Dickens’ timeless tale of Scrooge and his ghostly visitors the show features music written by Tony, Olivier and eight-time […]
The Lion King – autism-friendly performance set for June 2017
A dedicated autism-friendly performance of the award-winning West End production of Disney’s The Lion King will be held on Sunday 4 June 2017. Following on from the success of previous ‘relaxed performances’, the production will be re-shaped to make the smash hit show more accessible for those affected by autism. Working closely with the National […]
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 Visit – Lyceum Theatre, New York
The Visit continues at the Lyceum Theatre, New York. Star rating: 5 stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Standing downstage center in The Visit, the long-brewing Kander and Ebb musical that has finally reached Broadway, Chita Rivera playing Claire Zachanassian, the richest woman in the world, declares: “I’m unkillable.” The applause that greets this declaration is, of course, not […]
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 Sound of Music – Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield and Touring
The Sound of Music continues at the Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield until 14 February, and then tours until 1 August. Star rating: 3 stars *** The seven hills of Sheffield are alive to Rodgers and Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music as Bill Kenwright’s new production comes to the Lyceum Theatre. It is billed as a new staging of the the musical, […]
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 […]
The Lion King – second autism-friendly performance
Following the success of The Lion King’s first dedicated autism-friendly performance in April last year, Disney’s The Lion King is set to present a second such performance on Sunday 4 May 2014 at 1:30pm. Working closely with the National Autistic Society, the UK’s leading charity for people with autism and their families, and following a successful […]
