The Walt Disney Company UK and Ireland have announced further venues for Disney’s The Lion King UK and Ireland Tour.
The internationally acclaimed production will come to Sunderland Empire from Thursday 16th March to Saturday 6th May and Birmingham Hippodrome from Thursday 6th July to Saturday 16th September 2023.
Disney’s The Lion King UK & Ireland Tour is currently at the Southampton Mayflower until 15 October before opening a season at the Manchester Palace starting on 27 October.
Priority tickets for both Sunderland Empire and Birmingham Hippodrome will be available from 11am Tuesday 11 October. The general sale will begin 10am on Friday 14 October. For more information about priority sign ups please visit: thelionking.co.uk/tour
The story of The Lion King leaps into life using spectacular masks, puppets and costumes to tell the story of Simba’s epic adventures, as he struggles with the responsibilities of adulthood and becoming king.
Julie Taymor’s internationally celebrated stage adaptation of Disney’s The Lion King opened on Broadway in 1997 and 25 global productions in nine different languages have been created since then (English, Japanese, German, Korean, French, Dutch, Spanish, Mandarin and Portuguese). Disney’s The Lion King is produced by Disney Theatrical Productions, under the direction of Thomas Schumacher.
The previous tour of Disney’s The Lion King broke attendance records across the nation. Since the UK premiere in 1999, Disney’s The Lion King London has entertained more than 16 million theatregoers and is the sixth longest-running West End musical of all time.
Full listings and ticket information can be found here
