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Janita and I went to watch the Lion King musical at Monte Casino last night and were blown away by an absolutely outstanding performance!

This international musical production is presented by a completely South African cast and has many local twists from nuances of the languages (including Afrikaans) to comments such as “it looks like a curtain from the Oriental Plaza”). The show is immensely entertaining and often incredibly funny. The show actually contains a few extra scenes that the original movie did not, but in general it sticks faithfully to the original and even the lines are mostly the same.

The above image of the opening scenes of the musical is taken from the City of Johannesburg website and is from an article written by Lucille Davie, entitled “The Lion King comes to Joburg“. The title of the source image is “Giraffe and lion met in Africa” but I must say that Janita and I thought the creature was a cheetah, not a lion. It was definitely my favorite creature of the night. The head was linked to the actress’ head with wires and when the actress moved so did the cheetah. It was really awesome to watch her “clean” herself (looked like a typical cat).

During the interval I glanced into the orchestra pit and was rather amazed. I am a flautist and have played in a few musicals and consequently been in a few orchestra pits in my life but I have never seen anything like the pit last night. The sheer amount of electronic gadgetry down there together with the classical orchestral instruments was quite staggering.

Beginning in June 2007, The Lion King Musical debuted its first ever performance on the African continent in Johannesburg, South Africa. Its tenth year anniversary was celebrated in the new Teatro Theatre at Monte Casino in Fourways. The Lion King is the first production to take place in the new theatre. Janita and I went to watch the Lion King musical at Monte Casino last night and were blown away by an absolutely outstanding performance! This international musical production is presented by a completely South African cast and has many local twists from nuances of the languages (including Afrikaans) to comments such as “it looks like a curtain from the Oriental Plaza”). LION PARK The Lion Park is situated in Gauteng Province near Lanseria Airport and Fourways within easy reach of Johannesburg and Pretoria. The park offers terrific up close views and other exciting interactions with a large variety of predators and large herbivores indigenous to Africa. Die “Lion King” produksie maak op die 6de Junie 2007 oop, by die Monte Casino teater, wat sitplek vir 1 900 toeskouers het. Rolbesettings vir die drie-en-vyftig kunstenaars, wat nodig is vir die blyspel, het in September verlede jaar begin.

A second picture from the article shows Gazelles flying through the air. The way the animals formed part of the actors and actresses was incredible. Also in this picture is the monkey Rafiki who was played to perfection. To me, one of the most amazing scenes was the wildebeest stampede which was incredibly well done and very successfully conveyed the impression of millions of wildebeest stampeding towards the audience.

I would love to see it again (but unfortunately the tickets are a tad on the pricey side) so for now I’ll have the memories of a fantastic show and next time I won’t be so reluctant about going to see something like this.

Roar!

After six months without a show because of Covid-19 restrictions, Montecasino’s Pieter Toerien Theatre is ready to reopen its doors.

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Making his debut at the theatre this festive season is funny man Alan Committie with his popular one-man show “The Lying King: Circle of Laughs”.

In this new solo show, renowned actor and comedian tackles intermittent fasting, “Heidi en Klara” and other 80s TV deceits, the frustration of autocorrect, the lure of the finger biscuit and the spectacle of wearing glasses.

Commenting on the show Committie says: “We live in a world that thrives on mistruths, fake news, white lies and ‘mild inconsistencies “ … and that’s just on your first date! Wait till you really get to know each other!”

“We have all become Lying Kings in our own little way. Despite our best efforts to fight it.”

“The Lying King, Circle of Laughs” promises a “riotous laugh, gleeful giggle” and hilarious family experience.

The show premiers on November 27, just in time to celebrate 20 fantastic years at Montecasino.

November 30 marks Montecasino’s 20th birthday and the day it opened its theatre doors for the first time.

Committie is renowned for his witty and high energy material and combined with his madcap physicality and clean content makes for an ideal year-end break from all the stresses of 2020.

Plus, if you’re lucky, Committie will perform the entire opening sequence of “The Lion King” by himself playing all the animals except for the Kwagga (for legal reasons) … After all, it’s the Circle of Laughs.

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Event information:

Venue: Montecasino, Pieter Toerien Theatre, Johannesburg

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Date: 27 November to 6 December 2020

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Time: 3pm, 4pm and 8pm

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Tickets: R150 to R220, available at Computicket