Performance

Venue	Bristol Hippodrome
Town	Bristol
County	City of Bristol
From	31st August 2012
Opened	6th September 2012
To	17th November 2012
When	Tue-Sat 19:30. Wed, Sat, Sun Mats 14:30. Add Mat Nov 15
Prices	From £20.00. To £75.00.
Bristol Hippodrome (V856)
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:: L0985725149

Current production:Work

Production details

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

Reviews

James: 07Sep12:
Loving the new piano bar ... and cocktails too ... much classier

Jim: 06Sep12:
Good touring transfer. Voice balance a bit off so hard to hear words. Clearing stuff from stage and getting flying wires on and off will become quicker with practice I'm sure ... great night out.

User Reviews

James (07Sep12):

Loving the new piano bar ... and cocktails too ... much classier

Jim (06Sep12):

Good touring transfer. Voice balance a bit off so hard to hear words. Clearing stuff from stage and getting flying wires on and off will become quicker with practice I'm sure ... great night out.

Special Performances

19 Sep 12 Open Captioned (STAGETEXT)
25 Sep 12 Vocaleyes
11 Oct 12 Sign Interpreted Int. Theatre Sign

CORONAVIRUS: All venues in the UK were shut down on March 16, 2020, and the restrictions were finally lifted on July 19, 2021. It is important to mention that the UK Theatre Web archive listings (iUKTDb) from March 2020 to July 2021 might not be accurate due to the lack of information regarding rescheduled and cancelled shows.