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Spectacular mesmerising show Lionking was truly exceptional and surpassed our expectations!
We done to everyone involved! We adored it!
Michele, 20 Oct 2024
Creative Wonderful, Creative Costumes, and Overall Production; Materful Pupettering, Sound Quality was Average,
RICHARD, 19 Oct 2024
Out of this world!, not to be missed! Absolutely blown away with this show, it’s my first west end show in London and planning on seeing many more!
Maurice, 16 Oct 2024
Incredible show It’s the second time I’m going and the scenography has changed, different and more captivating… I loved it
Manuela, 16 Oct 2024
Wow! We loved it. I got tears in my eyes already in the beginning, was so impressed with the music and costumes!
Laura, 16 Oct 2024
Amazing! Amazing for all ages.
Three generations; my 11 and 7 year olds, me and my wife, and my parents, were mesmerised from start to finished.
Thank you so much!
Kevin, 16 Oct 2024
Out of this world The lion King was spectacular, I would recommend anyone to go
noreen, 05 Oct 2024
Still one to go and see An outstanding production of the Lion King at the west end theatre. The only thing that was annoying was sometimes the mikes appeared to not pick up the actors lines and you had to wait to try and piece together what was said by the actions of the actors. Would recommend this in a heartbeat to anyone who wishes to have an uplifting evening.
Mark, 02 Oct 2024
Brilliant Loved the show
Estrella, 30 Sep 2024
Absolutely Amazing!!! Fantastic show, the opening is breathtaking!!!!!
Christopher, 29 Sep 2024
Spectacular performance I think the show was amazing. And its an experience that cannot be described. Its definitely a show to see. Went with hubby (who hates theatres) 8year old and 9year old. Who all loved every bit. Safe to say we had a great time
Ilayda, 29 Sep 2024
Amazing The show was amazing and would go again and anyone who hasn't been go you will love it
Mandy, 28 Sep 2024
Great and colorful New and the family had amazing time
Samer, 26 Sep 2024
15 out 10! This show was amazing, within the first two minutes I was already captivated and mesmerized. The acting and singing was superb and the imagery was so beautiful. This is definitely a must see!
LaTesha, 26 Sep 2024
Fantastic performance After being a great fan of the film I wasn’t sure how it would compare on stage.
I was greatly impressed. Very cleverly arranged with masks /animals etc.
Brilliant dancers and actors. Most of the dialogue was the same as the film.
Enjoyed the extra songs .
Neil, 25 Sep 2024
A must see ! Simply an amazing performance all round
Elena, 24 Sep 2024
Good show but should advertise that the music or the dialogue is not live. It’s misleading when we book a theatre show as big as this one and receive pre recorded soundtracks, a fake conductor and pre recorded voice overs. If we had known, I would have booked another actual live show. All else was ok. Also no air condition in the theatre whilst the show was on so it was very very hot, made watching the show unpleasent.
Moneeta, 23 Sep 2024
Sweet matinee! This musical has been in my list for years and I'm so glad I finally got to see it! It was very nice seeing all the young folks with their families enjoying the stage. The production was great! The actors, costumes, orchestra, drummers, and techs have created a fine show and I highly recommend it.🦁
Catherine, 22 Sep 2024
The best musical I have ever seen About 15 years ago I hade a collegue of mine telling me she had seen the Lion King in NYC and she was stunned. Ever since, I have had the thought of seeing it. And it happened to be today, 15 years later in London. This is absolutely the best musical I have seen. The actors’ performance, the sceongraphy, the costumes and the music were faboulous! Thank you!
Petra, 21 Sep 2024
Amazing The costumes were incredible, the music was amazing and the acting was fantastic, congratulations to the all the crew 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Mercy Sandra, 21 Sep 2024
Impressive and exciting Was worth watching and would watch again.
The children playing simba and Niela were excellent.
suzie, 21 Sep 2024
Amazing Loved every minute of the show! Bright, colour and energetic.
I have 2 football mad boys and I don’t enjoy musicals but we loved every second. It’s was visually beautiful, fun, evocative and mesmerising! We were hooked!
Christine, 09 Sep 2024
Fantastic the show was fantastic the best we have ever seen the cast were amazing and the costumes out of this world
karen, 08 Sep 2024
Audio volume lacked punch most of the time I would say the overall volume of the show could be louder for that extra punch as there were loads of Array speakers.
A George, 07 Sep 2024
Colourful, creative must see The dhow is I credible costumes awsome and actors are talented everything is pergect
Stefania, 06 Sep 2024
EXCELLENT! The costumes and stage Props were outstanding! Sound from where we were was not great as we got the cheapest tickets but overall we enjoyed it. Really a must see at least once in a lifetime.
Laura Leng Yi, 06 Sep 2024
Stunning Performance Probably the best show we have ever seen. The whole experience was mesmerising. We sat two rows from the front and felt like we were part of the show, with characters coming down the aisles and giraffes heads literally in your face on the front row. I can’t praise the singing, acting, puppetry, staging and costumes enough. An absolute delight for the senses.
Helen, 04 Sep 2024
Amazing Absolutely amazing- nothing more to add!
Ben, 31 Aug 2024
Very good but a bit long It was a very good show but a bit long for some moments and without a specific need for the story.
Look before at the prices for ice creams before buying them.
Claudia, 29 Aug 2024
Amazing! From start to finish this show was awesome, the actress who plays Rafiki - wow! Timone and Pumba are just show stoppers and the fantastic Mufasa! Every actor in the show enhanced it and never disappointed, thank you Lion King
Alison, 25 Aug 2024
An amazing show! We loved it, the puppetry, music, staging were brilliant.
Fiona, 23 Aug 2024
Great show This is my third time seeing this show.
Atinuke, 18 Aug 2024
Amazing Amazing show. Amazing actors. Beautifull voices and great costumes. I loved it
Vibe, 18 Aug 2024
Jaw dropping If you don't see this in your life, you are missing out!
Blake, 18 Aug 2024
What a show The best show I have seen the all experience from entering the theatre to leaving was excellent,very polite and helpful staff , beautiful stage scenery excellent singing costumes out of this world recommend anyone to see this show.
John, 15 Aug 2024
Excellent show. The only drawback was waiting to enter the seating. Large crowd packed into the refreshment area. But was well worth it.
Terry, 15 Aug 2024
Mind blowingly beautiful Incredible & would go again & again! Thank you for a memorable night x
Nicola, 14 Aug 2024
Must see! Creative. Not much to say but great acting, costumes, props and music. Not a waste time. A must see when in London.
Marcin, 14 Aug 2024
We watched the show with 3 kids, 7, 10 & 13 & we all loved it, the best show to introduce them to theater, absolutely 🤩 First theater show for our little ones, they all loved it, follow the songs & were amazed by the performances.
We got grand circle tickets & we’re good for the little ones to see perfectly.
adhalessa, 13 Aug 2024
Excellent and must see As good as expected
Enrique, 13 Aug 2024
Must see The best musical we have been to, from start to finish it was amazing
Gary, 11 Aug 2024
Must see My wife, 10 year old daughter and I loved it !!!
BARCIN, 10 Aug 2024
Sensational Show The Lion King is spectacularly good. It is a show full of beautiful, bright colours, actors that engage with the audience and draw you in to a well scripted story, music that is captivating, and mechanical animals that will take your breath away. Don’t miss the opportunity to see it, you won’t be disappointed.
Katie, 08 Aug 2024
Amazing Fantastic show! Wonderful singing and dancing. Costumes amazing.
Karin, 07 Aug 2024
Impressive acting and costumes, but - compared to other musicals-storyline rather simplistic, same with music, See above,
music less convincing, Not comparable to Les Miserables or Phantom of the Opera etc.
during first half constant noises because of people munching crisps, Popcorn etc. atmosphere comparable to cinema
Carmen, 05 Aug 2024
Beautiful, wonderful and just overall AMAZING What a performance and what a show! Wow wow wow!
My son who is autistic has trouble sitting down for a long time and I knew he might want to leave earlier… But he loved it, I loved it and we watched it through the whole show. My heart was so full watching him enjoy it so much, as much as I did if not even more.
Absolutely AMAZING!!!
Therese, 03 Aug 2024
scene magicians that was a most genius of interpretation ive ever seen.
could watch again again several times!
Respect for all those who controbuted! love it! adore it!
Eda, 03 Aug 2024
Great show The musical was excellent….
Anne Dorte, 03 Aug 2024
Amazing performance not to be missed It’s a must see, we watched it as a family with our 3 children (13, 11, 9) and we all enjoyed and loved it. We will never forget it. Everything was impecable: the costumes, the acting, the story, the music, the songs, decoration, etc.
Definitely not to be missed
Maria Luisa, 01 Aug 2024
An absolute Must Wow we booked this show because we love all the movies released over the years. But this musical was fantastic. Would recommend it for anyone thinking of doing a musical especially with kids. The actors were super and the music and stage props were great.
Jessie, 01 Aug 2024
Don't miss this! This show is a must see, we took our two young grandchildren and they were totally engrossed in the show. We all had a wonderful time and the cast were brilliant as were the dancers, singers, scenery and lighting, absolutely first class
Pauline, 31 Jul 2024
Magical stage design & costume. Music, dancers, singers...Super Visual experience Fabulous
Renee, 26 Jul 2024
A must see Very enjoyable, would definitely watch again.Technical glitch,10 minute stop broke the flow.
Allowing late arrivals was annoying.
Brendan, 24 Jul 2024
Inolvidable Nos encantó. Recomendable ver desde cerca.
Yolanda, 23 Jul 2024
Best musical for families to watch Amazing production & professional actors.
Kids enjoy so much!
Vivian, 20 Jul 2024
Stunning I mean, everyone MUST watch The lion King once in a lifetime. It's overwhelming, even though I expected more from Scar and I didn't agree with some director's choices, like the fact that there were no real action when duels took place
Sofia, 19 Jul 2024
BREATHTAKING 🔥🔥 Breathtaking spectacular show!! A whole life experience everyone should have the chance to experience!! I started missing the show before it was even over♥️♥️♥️🔥🔥
Krishny, 19 Jul 2024
Magical experience It was a wonderful show and we truly enjoyed it as a family. Fantastic acting, costumes and music made the entire experience magical!
Karina, 18 Jul 2024
An impressive show This musical deserves its reputation. How amazing ! Everything impressed me from the costumes, the scenery, the orchestra to the singers and dancers.I would recommend it to anyone.
Fabienne, 17 Jul 2024
Simply wonderful Magical experience with great costumes, performance and live music!
Carmelina, 14 Jul 2024
Night at the lion king Royal circle seats, sound and acoustics could have been better from these seats, not enough toilets for the number of people and a short break meant we were late back. Otherwise great performance
Phillip, 13 Jul 2024
Amazing show! The show was amazing and very entertaining! Worth every penny. The costumes, lighting, music, acting you name it was of very high quality. I highly recommend it.
Janet, 13 Jul 2024
Colourful, excellent lighting Thoroughly enjoyable seein the LK again after 23 years! Loved the costumes and puppetry. Lighting especially effective when characters silhouetted against bright background
At times stage sound could have been sharper.
Shame about the technical interruption but no fault to anyone, was corrected asap and audience kept informed.
Anita, 13 Jul 2024
Great experience! Wonderful show for all ages!
Eugene, 12 Jul 2024
Lyceum Lion King Beautiful performance, fantastic production, wonderful venue. Loved the no phones and cameras reminders. First show in London but not the last 🤩🤩🤩
Andrew, 12 Jul 2024
Awesome. Blown away! I had seen this over 20 years ago and loved. This time I wanted to take my 12 year son. He had no interest in going. He thought it was for kids and will have people in puppet outfits. At interval time I asked how was it and his response “ok. It’s pretty good”. He loved it. And I loved it as if I was watching it for the first time. Everything was perfect. Even if you don’t like theatre, or Disney, you will walk away loving this show. A must watch! I’ll go again.
Saira, 11 Jul 2024
Super show Incredible costumes, impeccable acting! Our soon-to-be 3 year old loves every bit of it and so did my husband and I. Thank you!
Adeline, 10 Jul 2024
A once in a life-time opportunity! Amazing back-drops, sets, costumes. Loved the actors popping out in the auditorium to do various things. Enjoyed seeing and hearing the drummers in the boxes. Love the music especially the parts where the dancers perform to the African music but especially love the songs. Thought the puppetry was amazing. We went to a matinee with lots of children present in the audience. I would advise going in the evening to see this show. I haven't been to a show in a long time so was surprised to see so much popcorn, drinks and sweets consumed during the performance.
Michele, 10 Jul 2024
Fantastic It was a fabulous show lots of action, fantastic costumes, wonderful music all in all wonderful
Anibal, 10 Jul 2024
Amazing, my girls and I absolutely loved it! Highly recommended! Stunning performers, scenes and costumes. Amazing music players and dancers!
letizia, 07 Jul 2024
Magical A show that does not disappoint, we could watch it over and over again!
Luisa, 06 Jul 2024
Outstanding! Outstanding performance, costumes were amazing. The best show I’ve ever seen.
Yvonne, 03 Jul 2024
Lion King: a story with a message for everyone A great performance with no time to be distracted from. We thoroughly enjoyed from young to old.
Johanna, 01 Jul 2024
Always wonderful Third time that I see the show. The 2 first times were in Broadway where the room was much higher and the view better wherever you were seated. The sound was also better.
But the performance, musicians, singers, dancers were amazing.!
Tho, 29 Jun 2024
Just spectacular We went with my son's exchange student who was blown away with how amazing the show was
Joanne, 23 Jun 2024
A must see Please check you seating ticket,we were shown the wrong seats and were moved 10 minutes after show started
When people arrived late
Gail, 23 Jun 2024
Spectacular and moving I came thinking this was a children’s show; it is, but it’s so much more. There’s an astonishing depth to it, and a joyous inventiveness.
Alison, 22 Jun 2024
Looks like the actors were tired The old Simba was clearly losing his voice and was not really articulating the lyrics, especially on the last part of “can’t you feel the love tonight”. Nala was also giving me the impression that she was loosing her breath when she’s singing, head tone was good but during her solo with the rest of rest of the lionesses, she was running out of breath.
I think the staff should also keep an eye on everyone, as I saw someone secretly taking a video during the show.
Ronelo, 20 Jun 2024
Hakkuna Matata!!! This show is worth every penny!!! Emotional Rollercoaster and outstanding performances and practical visual effects.
Mohammad, 20 Jun 2024
Good show for kids and teenagers The theatre seats aren't comfortable. I had to leave before the show ends.
Mohammed, 18 Jun 2024
Best show I’ve been to! AMAZING performance. I’ve been to many Broadway productions… including the Lion King on Broadway and this might be the best I’ve ever seen! My kids thoroughly enjoyed it. I love that you can order drinks and snacks to your seat as well.
Emily, 15 Jun 2024
Lion King lives on Excellent show, very good dancing when ensemble used. Brilliant costumes, lighting, reasonable story line. Some people in the audience could not seem to exist without their mobile phones on, to the detriment of the enjoyment of others. The use of their phones was nipped in the bud quite promptly by the attendants. Incomprehensible to me that people at a live show would need to look at a screen...
Susan, 13 Jun 2024
Amazing performance Amazing show and it was done really well. The costumes and all the props were sone really well.
Irma, 11 Jun 2024
From start to finish was unbelievable rated 100/100 This show was unbelievable and need to experience
What I experienced the whole show was well put together the actors music amazing
Anna-Marie, 09 Jun 2024
Spectacular performance and show I loved the whole experience and the atmosphere was nostalgic and very friendly.
Jayeeta, 03 Jun 2024
Nice show It was nice show but we didn’t hear the actors voice and there was currysmel in the theater
Abdulrahman, 31 May 2024
Outstanding family show, with African style influences, we loved it This was a great show for the family, it was worth coming to London, if you loved the film you'd love the show,the music was awesome it was lovely to feel almost part of the show at some points,the costumes were excellent, brilliant would love to see again some.
Tracey, 28 May 2024
Amazing Wonderful. Amazing settings and cosrumes. Everything about this show is stunning.
Rosamund, 26 May 2024
Good entertainment Overall, it was a great performance and enjoyable.
Lai Ting, 25 May 2024
Knock out show This was the third time I'd seen the show and it was just as fantastic as the first time. I would recommend it to anyone as it's a real family show.
Maria, 23 May 2024
Fantastic Amazing theatre great opening and from there it just keeps getting better. The animals are quite fantastic and the singing and dancing are first class
Grant, 22 May 2024
Beautiful Amazing work. The sets were very clever, there is so much colour. The choreography and changing sets are so proffessional not a glitch throughout; the dancers are perfect so strong and fit with beautiful smiles.The singing is heartfelt and soulful.Young Nala has a voice to look out for! My favourite was the soothsayer her part was so magical and what a voice. I was so happy for them all I was crying at the end. Im 62 but if you are a small child this must be so magical! We came for our childs 21st birthday we are so glad we chose to do the show by way of celebrating 21 years!
Roz, 20 May 2024
Great Fantastic show,great costumes,well acted
Really enjoyed it
Music amazing
Guy, 18 May 2024
Much changed I saw this same show 8 years ago and was blown away. However this time around wasn't so and more disappointed. I found the acting apart from mufasa, rafiki and pumba to be underwhelming. Examples being scar seemed to either mis time and speed up "be prepared" and reminded me of the live action film, which also wasn't a fan. Also he seemed to be less dominant than the character demands. I found young Simba's singing in "can't wait to be king" to slow and pronunciation of the words almost spoken, same for be prepared. Zazus character became more and more panto as the performance went on which actually annoyed me. I did like the singing of the usually background music from the film. The version of feel the love tonight seemed to lack emphasis the song deserves. The random adding of scar wanting Nala as a queen was weird and lead knowhere. One massive bug bear was mufasa over touching young simba. I get there's meant to be a father son emotion but he doesn't need to touch him that much. As a father of young children really put me off.
Matthew, 15 May 2024
Outstanding! Highly recommend. Enjoyed everything the amazing costumes, the acting, the dancing, the singing and the humour.
Rebecca, 09 May 2024
Color, Costumes, & Family I remember the original story, and those brought it to life for so many new viewers. What a spectacular show for all.
damarcus, 04 May 2024
It’s a must see show We absolutely loved the show it really was amazing
Sheila, 26 Apr 2024
Must see - wonderful Very creativeand wonderful. Fantastic singers and dansers. Costumes like I have never seen before. A life experiance
Sigridur, 19 Apr 2024
Limp Cast I had been looking forward to seeing the show for
Many years however struggled to afford the tickets, sadly I found the show to be quite limp and nowhere near the expectations I had set. Rafiki, Timon and Pumba saved the show, they were amazing as was Scar, however the rest I found quite underwhelming. I couldn’t understand the need to use teddies on sticks when the actual characters were present (Pumba and Nuala). The theatre was uncomfortable especially if you are a taller or larger person, lots of people were in their on phones and talking.
robert, 19 Apr 2024
Great show, theatre could be better Amazing show starred by great actors, music and costumes. Only the theatre disrespected the show by letting people come late after the start.
Otto, 13 Apr 2024
