Lion King Reviews

This is the single most spectacular production I have ever seen, and if you haven't seen it yet, you MUST go soon!! It begins with a multitude of animals emerging from the back of the theatre and walking in a procession along each side of the audience and on to the stage. These animals are all fantastic actors, including small children, ...  Read the complete review

"We settled down. The lights in the theatre drop, anticipation begins to raise within me "Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba", the hairs on the back of my neck stand to attention. My heart rate starts to intensify. I'm becoming excited like a young boy again. "Nants ingonyama bagithi baba,Sithi uhhmm ingonyama, Ingonyama" Rafiki ...  Read the complete review

I first saw The Lion King in the West End when it opened in 1999 and was very dubious about how well it would transfer from the screen to the stage. However, as soon as the curtain went up, all of my expectations were blown away. The Lion King is the perfect family show and it's easy to see why it still plays to sell out audiences now and why it ...  Read the complete review

The Lion King has established itself as one of the biggest west end shows in London. It is currently showing at the Lyceum Theatre. Seeing the Lion King was one of the first west end shows I have seen in many years and it did not disappoint!! It is a great transfer from the disney classic film to the stage incorperating all of the ...  Read the complete review

Transferring a show from the screen to the stage is risky. If you want to produce a major show in the West End, you won't see much change from £10 million. There is no guarantee of success, critical or popular, as the Lord of the Rings demonstrated. Turning The Lion King into a live show might, to the cynical, have seemed like the ...  Read the complete review

Having seen a few shows in London I wanted to see this as it was a film that I really enjoyed at the cinema when I was younger. I managed to persuade my boyfriend that he too wanted to see it. The only reasonably priced tickets we could get hold of were for a matinee - which we were a bit concerned about due to it being a 'kids' show. ...  Read the complete review

You might have noticed a distinct lack of reviews from me for a few days and that is because I have just come back from a lovely short break to London based around a visit to the Lyceum to see the Lion King musical. Me and my sister had tickets brought for us from my daughter at Christmas and we decided we would book into a nice hotel for 3 days ...  Read the complete review

I've taken the chance to share with you all my views on one of London's hottest shows at the moment...THE LION KING! Introduction: As EVERYONE probably knows, Disney's THE LION KING started life as an animated film from 1994 - winning 2 oscars. You could be forgiven for thinking how on earth can they put this animation where the ...  Read the complete review

Its The Circle of Life! A dramatic opening sees the stage jam packed with magnificent costumes, fantastic singers and a marvelous orchestra! The show is a must see and is sinful if you don't! The story centers around Simba a young lion beginning to find his feet in the world. The young cub has to deal with treachery from his ...  Read the complete review

I was given tickets to this show for my birthday, and it was the best present I could have been given. The show is on at the Lyceum Theatre, in London, which is about a five minute walk from Covent Garden tube station. My tickets were £47.50 each to sit in the middle of the stalls. I do believe you can get cut price tickets ...  Read the complete review

Went to see the lion king on Sunday, tickets were a gift from my boyfriends parents...if I hadn't got the tickets as a gift I would not have gone - for 50 squids a head! The music was amazing and the kids playing the young simba & nala were so good, my favorite was definately the baboon - her voice was mind blowing! We ...  Read the complete review

My husband and I saw The Lion King last week. It was OK but I wasn't blown away with it. What I will say though is that the costumes were stunning. The sets were also really good. I felt that the presentation and the singing were very average and, as I love the music from the film , I was slightly disappointed. The ...  Read the complete review

I have always loved watching The Lion King film, but it wasn?t until the end of February/the beginning of March that I really became a massive fan, and I mean, massive. I had read reviews about the show on Dooyoo, and ever since I realised how much people like it, I had constantly been nagging my parents if I could go and see it. Finally, after ...  Read the complete review

I have just turned 32 years of age. Now instead of going out getting drunk and then facing the mirror the next day thinking that I had aged 10 years overnight- I decided to book well ahead to see The Lion King on stage. I wanted to be child for the day! Teaching doesn';t give you much chance to dumb down and I really wanted to watch something ...  Read the complete review

If you get the chance to go and see The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre in London, you MUST go. The Lyceum itself is in the heart of London’s theatre land, best reached from Charing Cross, Leicester Square or Embankment tube stations. It is situated in Wellington Street, which is a couple of minute’s walk from any of the three ...  Read the complete review

I managed to get one of these rather rare tickets and headed off not quite knowing what to expect having seen the video. The opening scene is unbelievable, I mean why just use the stage when there is an aisle, doors at the back, balconies as well. The show starts as it means to go on hitting you from all directions. As your eyes flit from animal ...  Read the complete review

How many theatregoers must have been put off going to see Lion King because it's a theatre production of a Disney cartoon and it's for children? What a fantastic treat they're missing. The task of adapting a cartoon which feaures no people, only amimals, is no mean feat. It would be easy to go down the route of gorilla ...  Read the complete review

I wrote this review on the very same day I saw it at the Lyceum. I was lucky in the respect that I was in the second row from the front, so maybe I had the upper hand, but from where I was sitting, the production was breathtaking. You've seen the video so you know what to expect, and yes the play is very similar to the film, but more music has ...  Read the complete review

I'll start by saying that i had a ticket to see this at the end of January but i simply could not wait that long to see it - while down in London i tried to get a £10 ticket for Rent (no luck) and also a ticket to see Miss Saigon before it closed down at the end of the October (no luck) so third time lucky i decided to try and get a ...  Read the complete review

go and see this! I took my little sister (aged 11) and she loved it, as did my parents. It's as emotional as the film, but the staging is so ingenious it is even more impressive. THe puppets are brilliant, the sets are brilliant, the actors are brilliant. What more need I say? The theatre is near Covent Garden, so any 16/17 year old sisters ...  Read the complete review