The award-winning production of The Lion King will play the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton from Friday 11 July 2014 for nine weeks as part of the show's record-breaking tour of the UK and Ireland.
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Four years in the making, the production brings together a cast of over 50 actors, singers and dancers, from 18 different countries, supported by a backstage team of over 100 people.
The touring production is the biggest musical production ever to tour the UK, with hundreds of masks, puppets and more than 700 elaborate costumes representing 26 different types of animal.
23 giant trucks are used to transport everything across the country. In total, the touring production will visit 11 cities across the UK & Ireland over two and a half years, with further dates and locations to be announced.
Fiona Thomas, Vice President of Live Entertainment for The Walt Disney Company EMEA, says the company can't wait: “We continue to be delighted by how much audiences enjoy The Lion King in London and we look forward to sharing Julie Taymor’s legendary production with audiences in Southampton.”
The show is based on the Academy award-winning animated film which was entrusted to Director and Co-Designer Julie Taymor to adapt the film for the stage.
Taymor brought a vast array of disciplines which draw upon her experience of various theatrical styles and cultures to tell the tale of Simba as he journeys through life and struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destined role of King.
The stage adaptation of Disney’s 1994 film was first seen on Broadway in 1997, where it recently became the highest grossing show in Broadway history. The production has now been seen by over 70 million people across six continents.
In addition to the record-breaking productions in London and New York, the show can currently be seen in Tokyo, Hamburg, Madrid, Sao Paulo, Brazil and on tour in the US, UK and Japan. The production has also recently opened in Sydney, Australia.
To date, this new touring production has enjoyed sell-out, record-breaking seasons in Bristol, Manchester, Dublin and Birmingham.
The production is currently in Edinburgh.
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