Sensory Guide for Disney's The Lion King

SENSORY GUIDE for Disney's The Lion King

This performance takes place at the Orpheum Theater in Omaha, NE Seating is theater style with two center aisles and aisles on the outside

Run Time: The show has two acts and a 18 minute intermission ACT 1 is approximately 70 minutes Act 2 is 60 minutes

Overall time is 2 5 hours

Content Considerations

The show features a mix of costumes, from overall-body costumes to actors holding puppets Some children may need adults to quietly point out certain characters

The show has some emotionally-intense moments which include the death of characters on stage

There are several occasions where the characters come into the audience and close to those on aisle seats

Scene Description Sensory Act One

1.1 Prologue (Pride Rock)

Circle of Life

1.2 Scar and Mufasa (Scar’s Cave)

Pridelands

1.3 Rafiki’s Tree (Rafiki’s Tree)

Rafiki Paints Simba

1.4 Day with Dad (The Pridelands)

Grasslands

1.5 Scar Tricks

Simba (Scar’s Cave)

1.6 Simba Invites

Nala (The Pridelands)

Lioness Hunt

1.6A Can’t Wait to Be King (The Pridelands)

I Just Can’t Wait to Be King

1.7 The Elephant Graveyard (The Elephant Graveyard)

Chow Down

Large characters walk down the main aisle to enter the stage

The singing at the beginning is quite loud

Slight Boom at the end of Scene 1

Some characters are loud in this scene

1.8 Under the Stars (Pridelands)

They Live in You

Some scary moments when Lionesses hunt and catch a Gazelle

Loud sounds & loud drumming

Medium loud, gets pretty loud at end Lots of Visual Stimulation with animals

Loud air vents from the ground can be surprising Light flashes

Loud rock music

“Chow Down” song can be scary

Act One

Scene Description Sensory

1.9 Be Prepared (The Elephant Graveyard)

Be Prepared

1.9A

Zazu Apologizes

1.10 The Stampede (The Pridelands)

The Stampede

Light flashes

Loud rock music

Deep Bass rumbling at beginning The masks can be scary to some Very emotional scene with death

1.11 Eulogy (The Gorge / Funeral / Pride Rock) Eulogy

Be Prepared

1.12 Rafiki Mourns (Rafiki’s Tree) (Rafiki Mourns)

1.13 Hakuna Matata (The Desert/Jungle ) Hakuna Matata

Lionesses crying is quite intense

Act Two

Scene Description Sensory

One by One

(Theater/Pridelands), One by One

2.1 The Madness of King Scar (Scar’s Cave)

The Madness of Scar

2.2 Nala’s Farewell (The Pridelands) Shadowland

Cast members in audience

Bird puppets in audience

2.3 Simba’s Nightmare (The Jungle) Weem-A-Wep

2.4 Endless Night (The Jungle/Under Stars)

Endless Night

2.5 He’s Alive! (Rafiki’s Tree)

Endless Night

Volume gets loud in some parts

Music gets intense when crocodiles get on stage Scene can be scary as a character is in danger

Rafiki is loud

Scene

Description Sensory Act Two

2.6 Simba and Nala Reunite (The Jungle)

Can You Feel the Love Tonight

2.6A Mufasa’s Ghost (The Jungle)

He Lives in You

Intense drumming during the chase

Drums are loud

Volume gets louder when dancers arrive

2.6B Who’s the Monkey (The Jungle)

2.7 Simba Confronts

Scar (Pride Rock)

Finale – Part 1

2.7A Circle of Life (Pride Rock)

Circle of Life –Reprise

Loud booming music at beginning Lightning

Loud sounds throughout Intense music

Volume louder

Slight Bass Boom at very end

Lots of clapping and cheering at end

This is a list of possible sensory difficulties you or your child may experience while viewing this performance. Part of the magic of live theater is that unexpected things happen, so not every moment can be accounted for. This review team included an Autistic Teen, a Psychologist and an Autism Therapist

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