The Lion King Celebrates 11th Anniversary at the Lyceum

Disney's musical The Lion King celebrates its eleventh anniversary at the Lyceum Theatre this month with over 8.5 million people going to see the production since it opened in the West End in 1999.

The show is now the ninth longest-running musical in West End history playing over 4,600 performances.

The current London company of 46 performers is led by George Asprey as Scar, Shaun Escoffery as Mufasa, Stephen Matthews as Zazu, Brown Lindiwe Mkhize as Rafiki, Nick Mercer as Timon, Keith Bookman as Pumbaa, Andile Gumbi as Simba, Narran McLean as Nala, Gary Forbes as Banzai, Allyson Addo as Shenzi and Mark Sangster as Ed.

You can currently book tickets until Sunday 24th July 2011