Hi there!

A few weeks ago, I went to see the Lion King musical with a friend. This is my review on it.

The Lion King to take me to my childhood

The Lion King is the musical based on Lion King movie of the same name which started to play in 1994. The musical first played in the US and began to play in London Lyceum Theatre in 1999. Since then, the show is being played in London. The film itself left a memorable mark in my childhood, so I decided to see the musical version of it to check if it will affect me as much as the film did in the past.

The theatre was fully crowded. I had my friend with me to go back to my childhood years together. Sitting right at the back of the scene gave us the chance to see everyone with a bird’s eye view. I really like seeing the moment everybody turns silent suddenly, when the play starts. This is again what happened before the Lion King began.

The play took about two hours and a half and I didn’t even look at the time. It took me a journey to my childhood, as I expected. When the film Lion King began to play in Istanbul, where I was born and raised, I was 3 or 4 years-old. So, I don’t really remember what I watched. But I do remember how excited my elder sister and I was. We were completely fascinated by the film.

The director of the musical is Julie Taymor, who became the first woman to win the Tony Award. She showed her professionalism with her team in the Lion King performance. The players were so skillful and could convey the audience that they are acting with enthusiasm.

The musical kept my eyes literally open with the lightening, the music, and especially with the costumes. The way players carried the costumes made us feel that all the animals in the play were real. It was as genuine as it could be.

It is obvious that the play is a result of a hard work of an enthusiastic team. I totally recommend everyone to see this glorious effort.