Performance

Venue	Birmingham Hippodrome
	Also: DanceXchange,Patrick Centre
Town	Birmingham
County	West Midlands
From	29th June 2013
To	28th September 2013
Birmingham Hippodrome (V145)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

The Lion King

Work:: The Lion King (S1765615186)

The stage adaptation of the Disney film taken from an original African story. A young lion grows up and learns that taking over the pride requires wisdom and maturity. Simba is the young lion, his wicked uncle is Scar and his father, killed by his uncle, is King Mustafa.

Book by	Roger Allers
Book by	Irene Mecchi
Music	Elton John
Music	Tim Rice
Music	Lebo M
Design	Julie Taymor
Music	Mark Mancina
Music	Hans Zimmer

Production:: (T537651501)

The roles of Young Simba and Young Nala to be played by local talent

Company	Walt Disney
Director	Julie Taymor
Costume	Julie Taymor
Choreographer	Garth Fagan
Performer	Cleveland Cathnott (Mufasa)
Performer	Stephen Carlile (Scar)
Performer	Gugwana Dlamini (Rafiki)
Performer	Meilyr Sion (Zazu)
Performer	Nicholas Nkuna (Simba)
Performer	Carol Stennett (Nala)
Performer	John Hasler (Timon)
Performer	Mark Roper (Pumbaa)
Performer	Gbemisola Ikumelo (Shenzi)
Performer	Daniel Norford (Banzai)
Performer	Philip Oakland (Ed)
Performer	David Albury (Ensemble)
Performer	Keisha Amponsa Banson (Ensemble)
Performer	Tovah-Marie Bembridge (Ensemble)
Performer	Magalie Brito (Ensemble)
Performer	Thembelihle Cele (Ensemble)
Performer	Sup Dhanasunthorn (Ensemble)
Performer	Tiesha Duncan (Ensemble)
Performer	Thibault Durand (Ensemble)
Performer	Kwesi Jeffers (Ensemble)
Performer	Aiko Kato (Ensemble)
Performer	Mduduzi Madela (Ensemble)
Performer	Hope Maine (Ensemble)
Performer	Noni Makhathini (Ensemble)
Performer	Mariano Manzela (Ensemble)
Performer	Iamnia Montalvo (Ensemble)
Performer	Giovani Napoly (Ensemble)
Performer	Anna Ella Neocel (Ensemble)
Performer	Nosipho Nkonqa (Ensemble)
Performer	Sindisiwe Nxumalo (Ensemble)
Performer	Phindile Nyandemi (Ensemble)
Performer	Mark Peachy (Ensemble)
Performer	George Rae (Ensemble)
Performer	Lloyd Rathebe (Ensemble)
Performer	Jeffrey Richardson (Ensemble)
Performer	Georgey Souchette (Ensemble)
Performer	Alex Thomas (Ensemble)
Performer	Taresha Rommick (Ensemble)
Performer	Thuli Thusi (Ensemble)
Performer	Jean Vinicius das Neves Salomao (Ensemble)
Performer	Jermaine Woods (Ensemble)
Performer	Charlene Zijlstra (Ensemble)
Performer	Bonga Zulu (Ensemble)
Performer	Sibongoseni Zulu (Ensemble)

Listing:: L0854263164

Current production:Work

Production details

The roles of Young Simba and Young Nala to be played by local talent

Reviews

No UKTW or User reviews available.

Special Performances

9 Jul 13 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
1 Sep 13 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)

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