Disney’s The Lion King & Ireland Tour ended its phenomenal 11-week run at Birmingham Hippodrome on Saturday 16 September having performed to over 150,000 audience members.

The sold-out show followed a hugely successful season of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast last year and combined the productions have brought over 200,000 audience members through Birmingham Hippodrome’s doors. Disney’s Aladdin will fly into the venue in October 2024 as part of its first tour of the UK and Ireland.

In the production’s final week of the UK Tour, Birmingham Hippodrome hosted the culmination of this year’s Circle of Life Awards on Wednesday 13 September, a nationwide project run by the Disney’s The Lion King designed to empower students to create their own social action project to benefit their community. Schools from Coventry, Lincoln, Cheshire, Birmingham and Burton met the company and watched the musical whilst receiving their award for projects which covered a variety of themes that focus on improving their community.

The story of The Lion King leaps into life using spectacular masks, puppets and costumes to tell the story of Simba's epic adventures, as he struggles with the responsibilities of adulthood and becoming king.

For more information on upcoming shows at Birmingham Hippodrome, visit: birminghamhippodrome.com