The Lion King To Tour! But where is it sitting down?

[Musical-Matt]

So bristol is confirmed to start on august 31st 2012 and manchester after so i believe but can anyone shed light on any other theatres?

[Princeton Returns]

I'm pretty sure I heard Cardiff. Didn't it say 10 venues over 2 years, or something like that?

My guess would be

Cardiff
Dublin
Birmingham
Edinburgh
Sunderland
Liverpool
And maybe Glasgow and Southampton

[Musical-Matt]

that makes sense to me :) but mary never sat down in soton which was a shame

[Phantom of London]

You missed Bromley and Milton Keynes.

[Musical-Matt]

Bromley seriously!!! next we will be adding wimbolden and woking!!!

[Princeton Returns]

Yes, but the reason for that, at least in part, was they had got stung by Chitty and it's poor box office performance and they didn't want to risk another big budget family show. There may have been set issues too. Although considering how they squeezed the original Beauty and the Beast in there I'm sure they could have got Mary in.

[Musical-Matt]

the first time chitty came round it was a sucess surely??

[Princeton Returns]

Nope! It was on all summer and many Mid week performances were half empty

[MusicalBoy]

More than a month for any show is a bad idea for Southampton, would love to see this come here, guessing the pricing structure might be a bit steep, though.

[Musical-Matt]

oliver did good sales! i went to a tuesday evening performance and it was packed!!!

[Princeton Returns]

Oliver wasn't a sell out

Yes it was pricey, and it ran from june through to end of August, with three child catchere I thnk, ending with a special short run of Richard O Brian. But Michael Rose was the producer and he and the mayflower were well linked then. He rarely discounts which doesn't help. Lots of people were surprised it came back a few years later

Southampton was condsiderd as an out of town tryout for Chitty until they decidEd to open in London straight away

[MusicalBoy]

Oliver only did three weeks as I recall, over two months for chitty is quite a different affair.

I'd love to see the Mayflower discounting for children, though, it seems to me they're doing nothing to try and get kids in theatres (Oliver had £5 off for under 18s?)

[Princeton Returns]

Producers set prices. Oliver did 4 weeks, pretty much all of May. Loads Of seats were left just before the run started but it started to sell as word of mouth spread. Wasn't as big though as other shows.

[Musical-Matt]

never knew chitty was supposed to do out of town in soton what made them change their minds?

[Princeton Returns]

I don't know, or if I was told I've forgotten! May have been cost, I'm not sure. I don't know how quickly it got rejected, I just know the idea was looked at

[Bob30]

Musical Boy - The Mayflower does often do very good deals for under 18's (£10 Avenue q, £14 42nd Street) and the discount is normally around half price, but it is obviously down to the producer.

The Mayflower is my local and after seeing The Lion King in the westend i would love the chance to see it twenty minutes away :)

[Princeton Returns]

The Lion King, if it comes to Southampton, will be pricey im sure. But as I say that is down to the producers. The big West End tours rarely do deals