The Lion King

I have always wanted to see this stage show. I am quite familiar with both the music and the story, having used the music at school music festivals in my past life, and enjoying the film when the children were young. We missed an opportunity to see it in Sydney last year, only realising it was being performed when we were there so we booked tickets back in July for our last week here in the UK. We decided on a matinee as it meant that we would get back here to Northampton at a half reasonable hour and not require Jessica or Andrew to collect us from the train station at midnight.

So off we set again on the 9:25am train to Euston and this time we had to get on the Northen Line (black) on Tube and go as far as Leicester Square Station. We had decided that we were going to have an quieter day and not rush around trying to see too many things. So after a coffee we walked to Trafalger Square and spent an good hour at the National Art Gallery. It really is a great place to while away an hour or two and they have some very famous artworks including this van Gogh and Monet that we particularly like. The sunflowers have the most amazing light on them and you could easily think that there was a spotlight shining on it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next stop was some lunch before heading to the Lyceum Theatre. Our seat were in the Grand Circle which is what we would call the Gods in NZ. We were still quite happy with them as we had good views down onto the stage and they were similarly priced ( £50 each) to those at the back of the circle or stalls. The theatre was packed, and it being the last day of the school holidays many of the audience were school children enjoying one last treat before returning back to school.

 

 

 

Based onthe Disney film and set in the Serengeti it has all the drama of a safari! It has been playing in London for 16 years and from the opening number has you spell bound especially with the costuming which is both stunning and amazing. The opening number, Circle of Life, has all the cast on stage and includes life sized giraffes, antelope, rhinos, lions and an elephant.

 

 

 

We were really pleased we made the effort to have seen this show and you can see more photos and information about the show at http://www.thelionking.co.uk/about-the-show/

 

 

 

 

 

 

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