Now in its 27th year at Londonâs Lyceum Theatre,
@thelionkinguk officially welcomes their new company members to the London Pride this evening with Posi Morakinyo and Asha Parker-Wallace taking over the roles of Simba and Nala
Remaining as fresh as it was on opening night in October 1999, it continues to both invest & evolve in all aspects of the physical production, set in the heart of Covent Garden and within the walls of the beautiful & historic Lyceum Theatre.
Incredible songwriter & recording artist Thenjiwe Nofemele is reprising her role as Rafiki for the London CompanyđŤ
@thenjiwe_nofemele â¨
Proudly hailing from Bloemfontein, South Africa, Thenjiwe has previously performed in the Lion King in South Africa, Germany & Taipei before making her West End debut with this London production.
Etian A Almeida returns to the 2026-2027 company as Swing & Fight Captain, U/S Banzai & Ed đŤâ¨
@eti83 đŤ
Eti was born in Pinar del RĂo, Cuba & trained
at the National School of Arts in Havana, Cuba.
He is also the most incredible visionary artist & art director of film - illustrating clearly and beautifully how he sees and enters our creative world and how lucky we are that he has â¨
Sandile Gontsana is the 26- 27 Lion King London Swing & Dialect Coach
@sandilegontsana đŤâ¨
Sandile was born in Cape Town in South Africa & trained in the College of Music, University of Cape Town. He began his journey with Lion King in the Australian production before making his West End debut in London.
Proud Trinidadian Tramaine Lamy is Swing & Childrens Director, U/S Rafiki, Shenzi & Sarabi
@tramainelamy đŤâ¨
Following her training in the University Of The West Indies, Tramaine had extensive theatre credits & was awarded the 2009 Cacique award for best female performer in a musical for her performance in Beauty and the Beast prior to making her West End debut in The Lion King, London.
Huge respect to the entire creative, backstage & production teams both locally and internationally including
Dance SupervisorđŤâ¨
@itscelise â¨đŤ
Love & respect always to the hardest working company in the West End!
Have a wonderful first week LK 26/27!
đM, J, D & H x