Enhance your West End visit by upgrading your ticket to the Stalls or Royal Circle at additional cost, bookable on tour. Closer sightlines heighten the craft of masks and movement, and the sound swells around you from onstage musicians and the percussionists in the theatre boxes.

With seats nearer the stage, details in costume, puppetry and facial expression register more vividly, intensifying key moments from the prologue to Simba’s final ascent. Availability is limited and subject to the theatre’s allocation on your date.

Experience London’s West End as you attend a matinee performance of The Lion King with Grand Circle seating at the historic Lyceum Theatre by Covent Garden. From your elevated view, Pride Rock ascends and animals sweep the aisles during the Circle of Life.

Savour Julie Taymor’s inventive direction, masks and puppetry, and a score by Elton John and Tim Rice with choral textures from Lebo M. The Lyceum’s 19th-century auditorium, restored in the 1990s, frames the drama with crimson velvet and gilded balconies.