LEBO M AND PIETER TOERIEN PUSIIT YISHS,'S

10TH ANNIVERSARY MONTICAJINO TIATIO

LEBO ItA AND PIETER TOERIEN PRESENT

THE AWARD-WINNING BROADWAY MUSICAl! ONLY AT THE TEATRO, MONTECASINO, FOURWAYS

Telkom is proud to be part of this exciting production and came on board so that tl1lis experience can be shared with our disadvantaged communities. reikoms sponsorship will ensure that our disadvantaged families can share in this wonderful experience, by allowing 40 000 tinder-privileged cHildren to view the production.

~. THE PROUDLY SPONSORED BY LION www.telkom.co.:za K~ Touch tomorrow T .. ' ...... U.-w", .. "" .... 0 .. 0"' ..." ... U"U,l MESSAGE FROM LEBO M In November of 1997, I was on stage as a cast member, choral and vocal arranger, co-composer and portner to for the music of the Broadway show of . Little did I know that 10 years later, The Lion King would have a prestigious globol platform and position, as one of the world's most successful and inspiring Broadway productions to date. However, what I knew and what I started dreaming of was that one day we would open this show for the deserving audiences of South Africa. Approximately seven years ago, I started annoying Thomas Schumacher of Disney Theatrical and director Julie Taymor and anyone who had enough energy to listen to my dream and vision. Little did I know that it was just as real to Tom and Julie and everyone at Disney as much as it was to me. I then decided to shut my life down and focus on bringing the show here, unedited and presented exactly the way I lived it in New York and the world over. It toak an extraordinary amount of local support to make this happen. Tsogo Sun led by Jabu Mabuza joined the dream and built the magnificent Teatro Montecasino; then Telkom recognized the business value of association with the show and came on as the principol sponsor which secured our ability to produce The Lion King. I am eternally grateful to Disney, Telkom, T509o, SABC, British Airways, my family and portners at Till Dawn Entertainment, Gauteng MEC Finance Paul Mashatile, Gauteng MEC Art and Culture Barbara Creecy, Gauteng Economic Propeller Percy Sithole, and my co-producing partner Pieter Toerien, for your loyalty to a vision that has now opened a new era in the theatre environment with a proudly South African presentation of The Lion King. May the journey bring memories that will forever shape the future of our great democracy in South Africa, plant a seed of bigger visionaries and set the stage in moulding the future dreams of those who come after us. LEBO M - SOUTH AFRICAN PRODUCER MESSAGE FROM PIETER TOERIEN About three years ago, I got a call asking me if I would like to co-produce The Lion King with the Disney Theatrical Productions and Lebo M. No prizes for guessing what my answer was! The next step was a visit by the Disney peaple and a trip around our country to confirm what I Feared. That is that until now we had no theatre anywhere in South Africa big enough for The Lion King. So, without Jabu Mabuza and Ron Stringfellow leading T5090 Sun into the decision to design and build this wonderful new theatre The Lion King would not be happening here. We thank them deeply for their vision. As a producer I can't tell you how exciting this is. Great artistes are born not made, then they need to be trained and then they need stages to perform on. Here at Montecasino we already have two small theatres with 150 and 350 seats, there's the Market with 500 seats and the Civic with 1050, the State Theatre with 1350 and there are others and now Teatro Montecasino with 1900 seats. Now we have enough theatres in Gauteng to produce any show we want. We have wonderfully talented actors in our country but not enough, we have superb musicians but not enough and we have excellent technicians but not enough. The work opportunities now available directly as a result of this new theatre are enormous. The Lion King, for example, employs 120 peaple, on stage, in the orchestra pit and bockstage. Add to that the theatre staff and crew and catering team and there are more than 200 new jobs on offer. So just think of the many nights of triumph to come. 100 years from now producers like Lebo and I will still be announcing great shows to grace this stage. The journey begins now and as the house lights dim and the curtain rises on the truly magnificent musical The Lion King, home at last, theatre in South Africa has really come of age and Montecasino is undoubtedly THE Entertainment Capital of Africa. PIETER TOERIEN - SOUTH AFRICAN PRODUCER MESSAGE FROM THOMAS SCHUMACHER Dear Theatregoers, It is with great pride and joy that I welcome you to the Teatro at Montecasino for this landmark event. After 10 successful years of perfonnances around the world, Disney's The Lion King has at long last come home to South Africa. I congratulate Leba M and Pieter Toerien on turning this long-held dream into reality. All of us at Disney are proud of their achievement, and we loak forward to sharing the joy of The Lion King in South Africa for a long time to come. We are also honoured to be the first production to perjorm in this beautiful w theatre. The management and staff of T5090 Resorts are to be congratulated for their vision and dedication in bringing such an inspiring performance facility to Johannesburg. Beginning with its opening night in 1997 at the New Amsterdam Theatre in New York, The Lion King has been enjoyed by over 45 million people worldwide, from to Tokyo, Sydney to Shanghai, and Hamburg to Amsterdam. However, it is here in South Africa that The Lion King comes full circle, for it is here that the story truly begins. I wish you great pleasure as you experience the rhythm of the pridelands. THOMAS SCHUMACHER - PRESIDENT, DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS MESSAGE FROM REUBEN SEPTEMBER A number of reasons underpin Telkom's decision to sponsor The Lion King. The obvious one is that we want people to experience what this award winning production is all about, especially as it emphasises lessons in authentic leadership, forgiveness and overcoming adversity - the kind of moral regenerative messages that we identify with. • The fact that Disney Theatricals will train South Africans in various aspects of the theatre business also appeal to us, as does the potential of the production to bolster tourism. We furthermore believe that a production of this magnitude will contribute significantly in bringing the restorative power of performance art to communities that have traditionally been excluded from its benefits. Telkom hcis long held the belief that companies do not function in isolation from the society around them, but that the business community affects the lives of literally millions of peaple. It is therefore incumbent upon the corporate sector to mobilise their resources for the betterment of society. It is far this reason that we have agreed with Lebo M and Pieter Toerien that The Lion King should not become the domain of the privileged, but be enjoyed by as wide an audience as possible. We are especially eager for schoal-going children from previously disadvantaged communities to be exposed to the production's positive messages, as well as the sheer joy of viewing world-class theatre. From the very beginning the producers shared this vision of ours, and they must be congratulated for going all-out to deli~er tangible results. A collaborative approach has resulted in an in-school media campaign that will enable some 38,000 learners from 45 schools to become part of the globol Lion King audience. In addition, lessons taken from The Lion King will be incorporated in a study guide and taught to learners as part of a broader life Skills programme. In essence, Telkom's sponsorship of The Lion King is about doing good. It is about positive transformation and the upliftrnent of communities. Tomorrow belongs to the youth. If We are to leave our country in safe hands, we have to provide the children of today with a moral compass. Enabling children to imlllerse themselves' in The Lion King experience is a step in the right direction. Telkom is proud to be associated with such an endeavour. We know The Lion King, in all its facets, will be a roaring success! . . REUBEN SEPTEMBER - ACTING CEO, TELKOM

NEW VISIONS FOR PRIDE ROCK While conceiving and creating The Lion King for - THE FIRST VISUAL IMACiES - Broadway, Julie Taymor wrote a book about her As I began to visualize The Lion King, the dominant theme and image to emerge was the circle. "The ", the song that opens both the film and the musical, ongoing experiences and her vision for the show. The establishes this symbolism. In addition to being a tale about a boy's personal growth, following four excerpts are taken from various The Lion King dramatizes the ritual of birth, death, and rebirth. Nature's cycle is evident throughout the work. sections of The Lion King: Pride Rock on Broadway by In addition to incorporating circles, RichardHudson's design satisfied my desire for an JULIE TAYMOR. essentially stylized version of Pride Rock. I had decided early on that I would not do a realistic rendition of the Pridelands. I wanted audiences to be released from their memories of the film right from the start, to take a leap of faith and imagination. The - THE STORY- Pride Rock design also helped drive the overall style of the production. Stage mechanicswould be visible.The audience,given a hint or suggestionof an idea, would In the earliest stages of the musical's development I worked not only to expand be ready to fill in the lines, to take it the rest of the way. They'd be participants in the The Lion King story but to determine the placement of new songs and enti re event. choreographic elements, thereby setting the overall concept that would guide Audiencesrelish the artifice behind theatre. When we see a person manipulating an the production's visual aesthetic. A musical is a multifaceted beast, centred on its inanimate object like a puppet and making it come alive, the duality moves us. book, or script. The songs and choreography allow you to cover terrain and show Watching puppetry at its best is a Cubistic event becauseth e audienceexpe riencesthe an interior landscape the dialogue can't convey. The inner voices of characters art from several perspectivesat once. Hidden special effects can lack humanity, but are vividly expressed in song, and the power of dance can make nonverbal when the human spirit visibly animatesan object, we experiencea special, almost life• moments remarkably compelling. giving connection. We becomeengaged by both the method of storytelling as well as My first focus was the story's through-line of The Lion King's young hero, Simba. by the story itself. At every turn I was looking for that which would make this Lion The limited, 75-minute running time of the film just didn't allow time for Simba King a live theatre event and not a duplication of the film onstage. to take the journey, both internal and external, that would lead him full circle to his place as king. I felt his character, that of a troubled and lost teenager, could use more bite and a rebellious edge, and the two-act stage format would provide - THE ANIMALS - the time to show the arduous path that leads to his self-discovery. Every prodigal One of the most powerful elements of the film is the rich humanity of the animal son needs to pass certain trials, tests that hurtle him to the bottom before he is characters. Their voices, speechpatterns, and emotionally wrought facial expressions allowed to come back on top. conveythe work's humour and pathos. In considering this ironic duality - they're both We also reassessed the lack of a strong adult female presence. In the film, the human and animal - it became critical in the design concept not to hide the actor only female characters are Simba's mother, Sarabi; Shenzi, the nasty hyena; and behind a whole mask or inside an animal bodysuit. I wanted the human being to be the teenage Nala. In general, mothers tend to be absent or weak in fairy tales and an essentialpart of the stylization, creating a double event where the audience can heroic myths, ensuring that the hero or heroine must struggle on his or her own. watch both the actor and the animal simultaneously. We left Sarabi alone. Shenzi seemed to work just fine. We agreed that Nala, who I tried to sculptthe essence of eachcharacter, the expression that would represent the has a feisty personality in the movie, could be shaped into a more dimensional character's dominant trait. In contrast to the continually changing facial character. In expanding her role in the musical, her rebellious spirit gets her in expressionsin the animated film, a mask can project a single, fixed attitude. The trouble with the villainous Scar. He wants a mate for the sole purpose of having sculptor has only one opportunity to incorporate the anger, humour, and passion of a children to carry on his line. Nala is an appealing conquest, and when he character, to tell his or her whole story. Mufasa is powerful, terrifying, practically forces himself on her, she defiantly rejects him. As a result, though her compassionate, all of which I had to build into his face. The essence of Mufasa is dignity is intact, she must flee the Pridel ands. symmetry; he is an extremely balanced and straightforward personality. I designed In the film, Nala leaves home to search for food and everyone expects her to Mufasa'smane to form a circlearound his head. He is like a sun-god,the centre of the return. In the musical, she goes into exile, a departure that evokes deep sadness, universe.T here, in the fatherlhero, the mane symbolizest he circle of life that The Lion loneliness, and permanence. Nala's tale is as compelling as Simba's. Later during King celebrates. the development process, the marvellous shaman baboon, Rafiki, had a gender Scar is a more activefo rce in the drama and has a wider range of emotions than Mufasa. switch from the movie and became the musical's most powerful and spiritual Because he is so misshapen psychologically,I sculpted him with one eyebrow up and one female presence. down.. completely twisted his face, and gave him spikyporcupine -like hair. In its final form, the Scar mask has a bony, comic, yet terrifying feel to it. - THE SCORE- I felt delighted and relieved after sculpting these two characters. I saw Disney, I saw Africa, and I saw my own aesthetic. It is impossible to conceive the script of a musical without thinking about the nature of the music and where the songs will be integrated within the dialogue. The film had five terrific songs by and . Rhythm of the Pride Lands, the album inspired by the film's score, features songs composed by South African performer Lebo M, Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, and Hans Zimmer. These melodies are soulful and evocative, and several of them seemed appropriate for specific characters, based not upon their content but upon the mood they evoke. I selected the haunting "Lea Halalela", now called "Shadowland", and "Lala", now the introspective "Endless Night" as signature songs for Nala and Simba, respectively. Both songs were originally in Zulu and needed new English lyrics. "He Lives in You", with slight lyric adjustments, proved to be a perfect song for Mufasa to sing to his son. African rhythms purposely collide with pop tunes to create a unique sound and bring the large chorus to the forefront of the production. While in the movie the chorus was unseen and its music was in the background, the chorus becomes a principal character, both visually and aurally, on the stage. Later, during workshop development, Lebo composedseveral chants . I was keen to keep these songs in Zulu becausenothing can replace the poetry and mystery of that language's sound.

Tsidii Le Loko (Rofiki); Originol Broadway Production; Photo: Joan Marcus; © Disney aptiva. Lau SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Rafiki Buyisile Zama (Buyi) ACT ONE Mufasa Sello Maake-kaNcube Sarabi Zoe Mthiyane Scene 1 Pride Rock Zazu Lyall Ramsden "Circle of Life" with "Nants' Ingonyama" Scar Mark Rayment Rafiki, Ensemble Young Simba Linda Dlamini Scene 2 Scar's Cave Siyabonga Mbele (for certain performances) Scene 3 Rafiki's Tree Tshepiso Morake Gregory Motsweni Scene 4 The Pridelands Young Nala Pamela Hlabangwane "The Morning Report" Hlengiwe Maseko Zazu, Young Simba, Mufasa (for certain performances) Nobukhosi Ndlovu Scene 5 Scar's Cave Ipeleng Keamogetswe Matlhaku Scene 6 The Pridelands Shenzi Candida Mosoma "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" Banzai Simon Gwala Young Simba, Young Nala, Zazu, Ensemble Ed Michael Bagg Timon Peter Mashigo Scene 7 Elephant Graveyard Pumbaa Pierre van Heerden "Chow Down" Simba Andile Gumbi Shenzi, Banzai, Ed Nala Tsholofelo Monedi Scene 8 Under the Stars "They Live in You" Mufasa, Ensemble ENSEMBLE Scene 9 Elephant Graveyard Calvin Grandling, Joyce Hopane, Michael Jakavula, Jerome Julies, "Be Prepared" Pollycarpus Kgomo, Nokubonga Khuzwayo, Noni Makhathini, Bongiwe Malunga, Scar, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, Ensemble Phumlani Mazibuko, ConstanceMcunu, Wendy-Lee Michaels, Muzi Mkhize, Phumlani Mkhize, Ronell Morgan, Buti Mothamaha, Sindisiwe Nxumalo, Scene 10 The Gorge Nonofo Olekeng, Lloyd Rathebe, Bafikile Sedibe, Tumelo Tokgwi, Scene 11 Pride Rock Puleng Tollie, Luthando Tsodo, Elizma Wildschutte "Be Prepared" (Reprise) Scar, Ensemble Scene 12 Rafiki's Tree UNDERSTUDIES Rafiki Bongiwe Malunga, Thenjiwe Nofemele Scene 13 The DesertIThe Jungle S'Thembiso Mtshali, Lloyd Rathebe "Hakuna Matata" Mufasa Timon, Pumbaa, Young Simba, Simba, Ensemble Zazu Danilo Antonelli, Michael Bagg Scar Andile Gumbi, Lebogang Motubudi Shenzi Ronell Morgan, Sindisiwe Nxumalo Banzai Itumeleng Makena, Phumlani Mkhize ACT TWO Ed Danilo Antonelli, Monwabisi Bangiwe, Entr'acte Itumeleng Makena "One by One" Timon Danilo Antonelli, Phumlani Mkhize Ensemble Pumbaa Michael Bagg, Lebogang Motubudi Scene 1 Scar's Cave Sarabi Bongiwe Malunga, Sindisiwe Nxumalo "" Simba Calvin Grandling, Tumelo Tokgwi Scar, Zazu, Banzai, Shenzi, Ed, Nala Nala Nokubonga Khuzwayo, Puleng Tollie Cover - Zazu, Timon & Ed Danilo Antonelli Scene 2 The Pride lands Cover - Scar & Pumbaa Lebogang Motubudi "Shadowland" Nala, Rafiki, Ensemble Scene 3 The Jungle Scene 4 Under the Stars SWINGS "Endless Night" Monwabisi Bangiwe, Eryn Calder,Trud y-Anne Fredericks, Itumeleng Makena, Simba, Ensemble Bongiwe Malunga, Nombulelo Mashiqa, Sakhumzi Mbele, Patrick Mngeni, Sello Molefi, SThembiso Mtshali, Nosipho Nkonqa Thenjiwe Nofemele Scene 5 Rafiki's Tree Scene 6 The Jungle "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" ORCHESTRA Timon, Pumbaa, Simba, Nala, Ensemble Music Director/Conductor Cello Percussion "He Lives in You" (Reprise) Lyk Temmingh Jackie Finlay Phosho Lebese Rafiki, Simba, Ensemble Kutlwano Masote (Sharing) Mabeleng Moholo Associate Conductor Daliwonga Tshangela(Sharing) Matthew Downey (Deputy) Scene 7 Pride Rock Clifford Cooper Tlale Makhene (Deputy) "King of Pride Rock"/"Circie of Life" (Reprise) Flute, Piccolo/Wood Flutes Assistant Conductor Peter Baird Keyboard I Ensemble Du Preez Strauss Meg Twyford (DepUty) Du Preez Strauss Music Contractor. THERE WILL BE ONE 1S-MINUTE INTERMISSION French Horn Keyboard II Bongani Tembe Shannon Armer Clifford Cooper SONG CREDITS Violin I Mathew Lombard (Sharing) Keyboard '" All songs by Elton John (music) and Tim Rice (lyrics) except as follows: Caius Oprea Graham MacWilliams (Sharing)' Ashan Peiris "Circle of Life" by EItQn John (music) and lim Rice (lyrics) Camelia Onea (Deputy) Trombone with "Nants' Ingonyama" by HansZimmer and Lebo M; Drums Violin II Berwin Roberts "He Lives in You" ("They Live in You"): Music and lyrics by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, and Lebo M; Brett Collings Leonie Greyling "One by One": Music and lyrics by Lebo M; "Shadowland": Music by Lebo M and Hans Zimmer, lyrics by Mark Bass TrombonelTuba Matthew Marinus (Deputy) Mancina and Lebo M; "Endless Night": Music by Lebo M, Hans Zimmer and Jay Rifkin, lyrics by Julie Taymor; Viola Alex Hitzeroth Guitar/Ukulele "King of Pride Rock": MusIc by Hans Zimmer. lyrics by Lebo M. Violeta Mijlkovic Marimba/Percussion Graeme Sacks Jeanne Louise Moolman Cobie van Wyk ADDITIONAL SCORE (Sharing) Bass Magda de Vries (Deputy) Grasslands chant and Lioness chant by Lebo M; Rafiki's chants by Tsidii Le Loka. Graeme Currie Nippy Cripwell (Sharing) I Based on the Disney film Corne Danhauser (Deputy) THE LION KING Rehearsal Pianists .. J Du Preez Strauss Directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff; Produced by Don Hahn Ashan Pierce Special thanks to all the artists and staff of Walt Disney Feature Animation.

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MARK MANCINA The music for The Lion King is diverse. It is The biggest challenge is to put together a ADDITIONAL MUSIC & LYRICS, MUSIC PRODUCED African and it is pop and it is incredibly band that can play night after night and FOR THE STAGE, ADDITIONAL SCORE emotional. It is sweeping, it is majestic, it is do anything from 'Circle of Life' to the comic. The emphasis is on the chorus and stampede to 'Hakuna Matata'. That's quite the percussion, which includes a rainbow a range of musical styles. of esoteric-sounding instruments. It isn't about timpanis and gongs as much as it is about marimbas and balophones. We. use 19 different types of wood flutes alone.

ROGER ALLERS When we first met with Julie Taymor and started kicking around IRENE MECCHI Adapting The Lion King screenplay into the stage play gave us the rare opportunity ideas for expanding the story, Irene and I suddenly found ourselves to revisit characters that we loved - and find places where we could clarify or BOOK BOOK talking in the character's voices, Julie said - and I think we realised, heighten moments for the stage. too - we still had the characters in our heads. MYP

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PETER MAJHICiO PIERRE VAN HEERDEN TIMON PUMBAA Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa Birthplace Cape Town, South Africa Training Gibson Kente Training training in Jazz, Drama and Singing (The Waterfront Theatre School) Theatre Asinamali; Woza Albert (Market Theatre); The StTck (North West Art); Ma-Gents (Lara Foot Theatre Debbie ODes Oallas (Johannesburg Civic Productions) Theatre); Grease (Barnyard Theatre); Goldilocks Television Mponeng (Word of Mouth Productions); and the Three Bears (Johannesburg Civic Theatre); Chicago, The Musical (Shoglo Mzansi (Orche) Productions); The Rocky Horrof'i/low (Barnyard ...... --~~"' .... ·~;~mri ortrilm 'Miners' (BBO Theatre); Cats (Pieter Toerien Productions and Other Radio Play (BBC London) Really Useful Group) Film Ape to Man (Documentary: History Channel) Commercials Parmalat; Windhoek Lager; Toyota Hilux; Lotto; Sen'okot Other Feel (devised and acted); Corporate work 1

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MICHAEL BACiCi ED Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa Training BA Marketing Communication (RAU) Theatre Carmina Burana (RAU); Archyand Mehitabel (RAU); Jacques Brei is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (RAU); Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (Pieter Toerien Productions); Jesus Christ Superstar (Pieter Toerien Productions)

LINDA DLAMINI PAMELA HLABANCiWANE HLENCiIWE MASEKO YOUNG SIMBA YOUNG NALA YOUNG NALA Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa School Mayibuye Primary School School Flamingo Primary School Training Tap, Hip Hop and Modern (StepsSchool of Dance); Drama (Helen Oh'Grady) School Crystal Park Benoni; Ashbury Preparatory School

IPELING KEAMOGETSWE SlY ABONCiA MBELE TSHEPISO MORAKE MATLHAKU YOUNG SIMBA YOUNG SIMBA YOUNG NALA Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa Birthplace California, USA . i21~ Johannesburg, South Africa School Isiseko Primary School Television K·TV aining Choir (Helen Greyling); Mini Plays (Monki) School American International Television Soul Buddyz, Absa, Ananza, Jet Tshepisowould like to thank his dad Lebo M, Film Mr. Bones his mom Nandi Morake, and his sisters Refilwe, Thabi, and Naledi for their love and support ri~""Other Sesame~. Studios,~

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JOYCE HOPANE MICHAEL JAKA VULA JEROME JULIES POLL YCARPUS KGiOMO NOKUBONCiA KHUZWAYO ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE Blrthplac~ Pletersburg , Birthplace Cape Town, Birthplace Cape Town, Birthplace Polokwane, Birthplace Durban, South South Africa South Africa South Africa South Africa Africa Training Diploma in Dance Training Ballet, Training New Africa Training Ballet, Theatre Madiba's Magic and Choreography Hip Contemporary, Jazz, Tap Theatre Association: UCT Contemporary, Jazz, Tap, Song (Victory Sonqoba Hop, Jazz, African, and African Dance Ballet School African, Ballroom and Latin Theatre Company) &JJ"""",ery, Ballet, Tap, (Tshwane University of Theatre Joseph and tha Dance (TUTS Art Campus) Pantsula and Gumboot Technology); Alvin Ailey Amazing Technicolor Theatre Kgwadi Ja Dance Training (Tshwane American Dance Theatre Dreamcoat (Monte Casino Marumo; Tjommies; University of Technology) (New York Summer Theatre and Theatre on the Cumbelele Futhi; Feet on Theatre Kgwadi Wa Programme 2006) Bay); Blood Wedding (La the Soil; Standard Bank Sta"rs . 1II@__ .lIfIlIIoria"State Theatre Nutcracker; Rosa Spanish Dance re); Breytenbach Hamlet; The Triple Bill; Company); Jesus Christ Commercials Vodacom; Dance Theatre Rock-A- Tutu (South African Superstar (Monte Casino Pick 'N Pay TeleVision Music Video with Ballet Theatre) Theatre and Theatre on the Other Choreographer for KB Bay); Aladdin Kwadi Ja Murumo Dance (Johannesburg Civic Piece Theatre) Television Backstage (E-TV) Commercials DSTV Other Local Choreographer for Jikileza Dance Company (Hout Bay, Cape Town); Dance Teacher (Learn to Live School, Cape Town)

ITUMELENCi MAkENA NON I MAkHATHINI BONCiIWE MALUNCiA NOMBULELO MASHIQA PHUMLANI MAZIBUkO SWING I FIGHT CAPTAIN ENSEMBLE SWING SWING ENSEMBLE Birthplace Pretoria, South Birthplace Johannesburg, Birthplace Durban, South Birthplace Johannesburg, Birthplace Natal, South Africa South Africa Africa South Africa Africa Training Musical Theatre Training Diploma in Theatre The Journey Training Ballet, Theatre MemezalSong for (Pretoria Technikon) Performing Arts (TUT); (Zurich Arena); Sing Africa Contemporary and African June 16 (Word of Mouth) Theatre FNB Dance Ballet St Polten (Austria); Dance (Pretoria State Dance (National School of Umbrella's; South African Ballet Theatre African Theatre); Sarafina (Pretoria Arts, Ballet Theatre Africa Ballet Theatre: Nutcracker; Theatre Dance Seasons State Theatre) and Tshwane Dance Carmen, Romeo & Juliet, from B.T.A.; First Physical Other Dancer and back-up Theatre) Swan Lake, Giselle, Theatre; Tshwane Dance singer for Ntando Theatre Cinderella Lessilphidle, Sleeping Theatre; Dance Empire Other Germany Hand-over Beauty, Hamlet, Cinderella International European Ceremony; Pulse (TDT); and Kopano Tour; Swan Lake; Les• Opera's New Years Television Information Rendevous; Coppelia Celebration; Arts and insert on contemporary Film Crossing Boundaries Culture Awards dance (E-TV) by Jeanette Ginslov Other Radio Interview for Commercials Outsurance Carmen (Classic FM); Other Acting; Nominee for the most choreography; teaching promising contemporary dancer in 2000

SAKHUMZI MBELE CONSTAN CE MCUNU PHUMLANI MKHIZE PATRICK MNCiENI SWING ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE SWING Birthplace Johannesburg, Birthplace Pretoria, South Birthplace KZN, South Birthplace Cape Town, South Africa Africa Africa South Africa Training Cape Town Opera Training Contemporary, Training Universal Creative Training Ballet, Jazz, Company; Master Classes Ballroom, Latin American Arts (UK) African and Contemporary with Kamal Khan and Afro-Fusion Dance Theatre Storey Productions Dance (Tshwane University (Urfl\Ierslty of Cape Town); Television VUKA Awards (UK Theatre Company). of Technology) voice lessons with Kervin Promo; appearance on Television Miss South Africa Smith and Jan Polak Backstage (E- TV) and Miss Teen 2004 (Netherlands); vocal Commercials Kelloggs (Dancer); Kora Awards 2005 training (Koninklijk (Dancer); Miss Limpopo and Other Choreographer and Miss Teen 2006 (Dancer) Teacher; Won Most Promising female dancer in contemporary style (FNB Dance Umbrella 1999); Won Most Outstanding female dancer in Contemporary style (FNB Dance Umbrella 2006); Awarded the Philip Steyn Young Choreographers K. • 0, Grant amal Khan, La Damnation de Faust as Faust, Bravo Angelo, on Giovanni, Cos! destino as Alcade; Albu'"9 Recordings: Gospel Shows L~ve Life Special event; The ._Wi •• ~nn,x.,. AVAILABLE ON CREDIT SELECTED STORES ONLY WENDY -LEE MICHAELS MUZI MKHIZE SELLO MOLEFI RONELL MORGAN BUTI MOTHAMAHA ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE SWING ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE Birthplace Cape Town, Birthplace Durban, South Birthplace Kroonstad, Birthplace Johannesburg, Birthplace Johannesburg, South Africa Africa South Africa South Africa South Africa Training Dance Teachers Training Diploma in Training FUBA School of Training National Diploma Theatre Windybrow Diploma: Ballet, Tap, Irish, Singing, Acting and African Music; Emma Renzi - Vocal - Musical Theatre Jazz, African, Spanish and Contemporary Dance Classical (Wits Music (Technikon Pretoria) Contemporary Dance (UCT (Mbongeni Ngema's School); Bheki Khoza Jazz Theatre African Footprints School of Dance) Academy of Art); Stimela Vocal (Wits Music School) (Globe Theatre and toured Theatre Giselle; Nutcracker; Saze lola; The Lion King Theatre The Lion King Germany, Australia, India, Sleeping Beauty; Swan Workshops (Australia and China); Dance China and Cape Town); Lake; Cinderella; La Theatre The Lion King Through Me (Black Bird 000 Wah Girls; Scribble Sy/phide (Artscape (Hoiland); Stimela Saze Productions) Other Opening Ceremony Theatre); Baxter Theatre Zola Television Carols by at ICC World Cup Festival (2005 & 2006) Television SBS 6; RTL 5; Candlelight (Australia, (African Footprints - Singer Other Apprentice at Cape Dutch Vision Channel 7); Good Friday and Dancer); Stages of Love Town City Ballet; Other Graduate as an Appeal (Australia, Channel (Johannesburg Civic Treemonisha (Opera, tour overall DJ (Allstar Mixwell 10); Mornings with Kerri• Theatre AIDS Benefit); to France); "I of Heart" OJ Academy: Hoiland); Anne (Australia, Channel 10) Nominated Best Newcomer (Physical Theatre); Dance Durban Youth Radio; Film Elephant Tales (Co-wrote for role in Scribble (Vita for Live - Durban Performed for Kwaito the music with Frank Stragio Awards) (Christopher Keendo) Stars, Ghetto Son and Chax - Adelaide Film Company) Other Wrote a song for Roots and Shoots (Chinese Charity); Wrote music for Dance Through Me (Black Bird Productions)

LEBOGANG MOTUBUDI ZOE MTHIYANE S'THEMBISO MTJHALI NOIIPHO NKONQA WALKING COVER FOR ENSEMBLE, SARABI SWING SWING ~6.PUMBAA Birthplace Richards Bay, Birthplace Durban, South Birthplace Cape Town, Birthplace Orapa, Botswana South Africa Africa South Africa Training Drama (UCT) Training Gumbeat; Lion Training UCA Academy of Training Arts Cape Theatre Theatre Grease (Barnyard King Workshop Dance; Mbongeni Ngema's Theatre The Lion King Theatre); Joseph and the Television Cameo Yizo Yizo Academy of Art; Acting (Netherlands) ... 1tmor (SABC 1); Mthunzini.com Training in Holland Television Various ,. Dreamcoat (Stuart White (SABC 1); Tshisa (SABC 1) Theatre Storey (England); Commercials Productions); Guys and The Lion King (Hoiland); Film King Solomon's Mines DOlls; Life and Times of Mighty Zulu Nation; Africa Other Nabucco (Opera); James Brown Africa Faust (Opera); Amahl Television UK commercials; (Opera) Scream Workshops (UK); Television Interviews (UK); Africa Africa (BBC 1) Other Recorded music albums for Kwashaka Dynamics as well as a JazzlR&B album in South Africa; Choreographer and Songwriter for Africa Africa

THENJIWE NOFEMELE JINDIJIWE NXUMALO NONOFO OLEKENCi LLOYD RATHEBE BAFIKILE JEDIBE SWING ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE Birthplace Bloemfontein, Birthplace Durban, South Birthplace Taung, South Birthplace Johannesburg, Birthplace Pretoria, South South Africa Africa Africa South Africa Africa Training Vocal Training Training Drama (Kwamashu Training National Dance Theatre Do or Don't, Ipi Training Johannesburg (Pacofs 2002) K-Cap Training Centre) Diploma (Tshwane Ntombi (Sydney Star City Dance Foundation; Ballet Theatre 8ayede Shaka University of Technology) Theatre); Izibumo; Theatre African; Moving (Playhouse Opera Theatre); Television Corporate Videos Gumboots (Lyric Theatre - into Dance SA Celebrates (Tour and Other Choreographer; London; The Gilded Theatre School outreach Performance Network: involved in the Balloon - Scotland; St Pauli performing company Bahamas, France and International Hong Kong Theatre - Germany); repertoires; Solo work for China); Albert Luthuli Dance Festival 2006; Rumba in the Jungle (Sun FNB Dance Umbrella (Playhouse Drama Theatre) worked with Timothy Le City) Commercials Kiwi Polish Other Radio adverts (for Roux and Debra Gush advert Bafana Bafana) whilst at University Other Afrikaans Music Video - M-Net (Dancer)

PULENCi TOLLIE LUTHANDO nODO ELiZMA WILDJCHUTTE ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE ENSEMBLE Birthplace Kimberly, South Birthplace Cape Town, Birthplace Cape Town, Africa South Africa South Africa Training Lion King Training Jazzart Dance Training Cafda School of Workshop 2005 Theatre Dance (Cape Town) Theatre Memeza Theatre Fame (Pretoria Theatre Jazzart Dance Television One Music Show; State Theatre); Affrodizl;a Theatre: Beyond the Borders Vlam Last Dance; YoT\!," Spirit Sunday; (Sun City); Beyond the 2; Moya Wasechaba with Breakfast Show; Borders, Junction, Maya Sibongile Khumalo; Cold Selimathunzi; Ses Khona; Wasechaba, Vlam 1 & 2, Waters and Thirsty Souls Swaziland Television; Music Cold Waters, Thirsty Soul, JunCtion; 'Waters from an Video with Lundi; her own all for Jazzart Dance Ancient Well music video Theatre TelwJision Title Songs and Other Recorded an Television Backstage (E- TV) dance scenes Backstage Afropop album; won the Other Tannhauser; ; (E-TV) MetroFM award for Best Love & Green Onion Newcomer and Best Female (operas); Awarded Most Other Ai'da; Tannhauser Vocalist; Nominee for the Outstanding Performer South African Music' (FNB Vita Awards); Awards; Recorded The Lion choreographer ~iJ1.B'5 Ope py One (Remix version); Back-up singer Engine Range: 1.6 T. Spark (88kW), 2.0 T. Spark (110kW) and 1.9 JTD www.alfaromeo.co.za Multijet Diesel (110kW). JULIE TAYMOR DIRECTOR, COSTUME DESIGN, MASK/PUPPET CO-DESIGN, ADDITIONAL LYRICS

In 1998 Julie Taymor won the Tony® Award for Best Direction of a Musical and for Best Costumesfor The Lion King. She also won the Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Drama League awards for her direction, and myriad awards for her original costume, mask and puppet designs. Ms. Taymor mad.. her Broadway debut in 1996with Juan Darien: A Carnival Mask (Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theater), nominated for five Tony® Awards. Other theater work includes The Green Bird (New Victory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse and The Cort Theater on Broadway). Titus Andronicus, The Tempest, and The Taming of the Shrew (Theatre For a New Audience); Juan Darien (Music-Theatre Group); co-adapter and director of The Transposed Heads (Lincoln (enter and American Music Theatre Festival) and Liberty's Taken (Castle Hill Festival); designer and choreographer of The King Stag (~merican Repertory Theatre). Opera direction: Grendel (LosAngeles Opera and the Lincoln Center Festival); The Magic Flute (Maggio Musicale, Florence, now in repertory at The Metropolitan Opera); Oedipus Rex (Saito Kinen Festival, Japan); Salome (Kirov Opera); The Flying Dutchman (Los Angeles Opera). Film direction: Across the Universe (2006); Frida (2002) winner of two Academy Awards®, starring Salma Hayek; Titus (1999), starring Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange. Fool's Fire (for American Playhouse) premiered at Sundance and aired on PBS in 1992. Books: Julie Taymor: Playing with Fire, spanning more than 20 years of her work (Abrams); illustrated screenplaysfor Titus and Frida (Newmarket Press); The Lion King: Pride Rock on Broadway (Hyperion). Ms. Taymor's awards include a MacArthur Foundation Felfowshlp, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Emmy® for her film of Oedipus Rex, Obie Awards for Visual Magic and for Juan Darien, the Brandeis Creative Arts Award, the Dorothy Chandler Performing Arts Award, and the International ClassicalMusic Award for Best Opera Production (Oedipus Rex).

ELTON JOHN TIM RICE MUSIC LYRICS

ELTON JOHN (Music) The monumental career of international TIM RICE (Lyrics) was born in 1944. He began songwriting in 1965 in singer/songwriter and performer Elton John has spanned more than which year the first song he wrote, "That's My Story" (tune as well as three decades. He is one of the top-selling solo artists of all time words), was recorded by a rock group called the Nightshift whose career with 35 gold and 25 platinum albums and over 200 million records never recovered. That same year he met fellow budding songwriter sold worldwide. The National Academy of Recording Arts and whose musical ambitions were in theatre rather Sciences has awarded Elton multiple Grammys®, including the than rock or pop. They joined forces as one could knock out a decent Grammy Legend Award and Music Cares Person of the Year Award. tune, the other had a way with words. In the early 1990s, Elton collaborated with lyricist Tim Rice on the He has written the words for more than a dozen musicals. The music for soundtrack for ' blockbuster The Lion King, the first four was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The first, The Likes winning him an Academy Award®. The album produced two top• Of Us (1965-6), was never performed, but the other three, Joseph and semng, award-winning singles for Elton: "Can You Feel the Love • the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (196.8), Jesus Christ Superstar Tonight" and "Circle of Life". Tony® Award-winning Broadway (1969-71) and (1976-78) became, and indeed remain, hugely productions of The Lion King and Aida both awarded Elton with successful all around the world, on both stage and screen. Feeling Grammys for Best Musical Show Album.The smash-hit stage certain that they could never top this lot, the pair went their separate a;9~ion of Billy Elliot, for which Elton composed the music, is ways in the early eighties, whereupon Andrew Lloyd Webber currently running in London and garnered him a top-five UK hit immediately topped that lot with Cats. with the song "Electricity". Billy Elliot was nominated for a record Tim Rice then wrote (1983), a mediaeval romp, with Stephen nine Olivier Awards, winning Best Musical, among others. This. Oliver, which ran for a year in London, but not for long anywhere else. March, Elton celebrated his 60th birthday with a worldwide• T~is was followed in 1986 by , in colla,boration with ABBA's Bjorn ,. .... -.I_1t .1IK!8ft at Madison Square Garden. A greatest hits CD, Ulvaeusand Benny Andersson. Chess had a healthy run in the West End Rocket Man: The Definitive Col/ection, releases this spring. Elton but flopped on Broadway in 1988, the New York Times bloke being continues to tour the world, including his critically acclaimed Red particularly forceful in his disapproval. In 1989 he translated the famous Piano show exclusively at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Elton's French musical (by Michel Berger and Luc Plamondon) into o to the fiaht a_9ainst AIDS led to the inception of the English, which merely resulted in a hit album - in France. t)Un8iitlon. Raising over $100 million to date, it is In the nineties he worked primarily with the Disney empire, one of the largest public non-profit organizations in the AIDS contributing lyrics to the movies Aladdin (music ) and The arena. In 2004, Elton received the Kennedy Center Honor for his Lion King (music Elton John and Hans Zimmer) and to the stage shows lifetime contributions to American culture and excellence through Beauty and the Beast (Alan Menken), The Lion King and Aida (both with ,...... t,.JtrlIlM ...... Q"' •• n of England knighted him Sir Elton). Between Disney commitments he wrote the words for Cliff Richards' theatrical extravaganza Heathcliff (music ) which toured the UK in 1995-96. He is currently reworking an operatic musical he has written with Alan Menken (), and on new treatments, for both stage and screen, of Chess, the New York Times bloke having been replaced. He also has a brand new idea which may or may not see the light of day. He has won a variety of awards, mainly for the wrong things, or for simply turning up. He lives in London, Cornwall and on the motorway between the two, has three children, his own cricket team and a knighthood. Garden stayeasy ~ o ~ Southern Sun court SOUTHERN SUN INTERCONTINENTAL. SOUTHUN SUN TIMESHARE RESORTS SOUTH ERN SUN • HOT f l 5 & R f 5 0 R T 5 LEBO M (Additional Music & Lyrics, ballet. Mr. Fagan has choreographed for Alvin STEVE CANYON KENNEDY (Sound CLEMENT ISHMAEL (Music Supervisor) Additional Vocal Score, Vocal Arrangements, Ailey American Dance Theater, Dance Theatre Design) was the production engineer on such Clement is a conductor, composer and arranger. Choral Director) is known as the "voice and of Harlem, the Jose Limon Company, the New Broadway shows as Cats, Starlight Express, Song He is a graduate of the University of Toronto spirit of The Lion King". Once a teenage singer York City Ballet's 50th Anniversary and others. and Dance, The Phantom of the Opera, Carrie, and Royal Conservatoryof Music, where he in Soweto, the GRAMMY® Award-winner and In addition, he choreographed Joseph Papp's and Aspects of Love. His Broadway sound specialisedin composition and conducting as Tony® nominee's music brings audiences to tears A MidsummerNight's Dream and the Duke design credits include Mary Poppins, The Lion well as singing with Joyce Britten. Conducting with hauntingly inspiring African rhythms and Ellington street opera, Queenie Pie, at the King, Jersey BO)15 (Drama Desk Award), Billy credits include Abbey Players Opera Company, melodies. Lebo's talents have been hailed by the Kennedy Center. A Distinguished University Crystal's 700 Sundey», Hairspray, The Producers, Ad Astra Chorus, Addison Jazz Ensemble and worldwide press in superlatives that might Professor at SUNY Brockport, he has received Aida, Titanic, Big, How to Succeedin Business West London Gospel Choir. He also conducted describe the most delightfully poetic of musical numerous awards and fellowships, including Without Really Trying, Carousel, and The Who's the new ballet Awakening at Sadler's Wells. deities. Since his arrival in America, Lebo has the 2001 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Tommy (Drama Desk Award). Steve is married West End credits include: Five GU)15 Named Moe, attracted music industry giants such as Quincy Festival Award, a Bessie Award, a Guggenheim to actress Loni Ackerman and they have two Ain't Misbehavin: Smokey Joe's Cafe, and Soul Jones, Jimmy Cliff and Hans Zimmer as mentors, Fellowship and a Fulbright 50th Anniversary sons, Jack and George. Train. He has also directed and arranged the allies and collaborators. Lebo has performed Distinguished Fellow. He has also been music for numerous shows which include: Sweet and produced three albums, Rhythm of the inducted into the American Academy of HANS ZIMMER (Music & Lyrics) received Lorraine, Up Against the Wall, The Amen Corner, Pride Lands (Disney), Deeper Meaning (Gallo) Achievement. an Oscar®, Golden Globe, and two GRAMMY® The Grape Vine, The Cavalcadersand, most and The Lion King (Japanese ). Awards for his original film score for the film recently, Gem of the Ocean at the Tricycle Other credits include The Power of One, Back RICHARD HUDSON (Scenic Design) was version of The Lion King. He started his film Theatre. His classical compositions and on the Block and Listen Up with Quincy Jones; born in Zimbabwe, and educated in Zimbabwe scoring career with My Beautiful Laundrette in arrangements have been performed worldwide the feature films Outbreak (Warner Bros.), and England. In 1988 he won a Laurence 1985, and his other credits include six Oscar®• as well as being broadcast by BBC Television and Congo (Warner Bros.) and Born to Be Wild Olivier Award for designing a season of seven nominated film scores, among them Gladiator, Radio. His opera, Grazyna, was performed at the (Paramount); and the Disney television special plays at the Old Vic Theatre, London. His set The Thin Red Line, As Good as it Gets, and Rain Royal Opera House's Lindbury Studio and his People. He has performed on the Academy designs for The Lion King have won numerous Man. Additional credits include the GRAMMY® most recent commission, for the London Piano Awards® and the Essence Awards Show, with awards including a Tony in 1998. He is a Royal -winning score for Crimson Tide, Driving Miss Trio, will be performed at Cardogan Hall in 2007. Vanessa Redgrave at Kthimi-The Return in Designer for Industry (RDI). In 2003, he won Daisy, Thelma and Louise, Black Hawk Down Kosovo, and been honoured by Artists for a Free the Gold Medal for Set Design at the Prague and The Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise which ROBERT ELHAI (Associate Music Producer, South Africa. Quadriennale, and in 2005 he was given an was his 100th score. In addition to his Orchestrator) Tony® and Drama Desk nominee, Honorary Doctorate by the University of composing duties, Mr. Zimmer also heads the Robert Elhai has orchestrated many concert, MARK MANCINA (Additional Music & Surrey. He has designed sets and costumes for film music division for DreamWorks SKG theatre and film scores for composers Elliot Lyrics, Music Produced for the Stage, Additional the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National studios. Goldenthal (Juan Darien, Final Fantasy)and Score) A Tony® nominee and multi-platinum, Theatre, the Young Vic and the Gate, London. Michael Kamen (Don Juan de Marco, X-Men) three-time GRAMMY® Award-winning In opera, he has worked at the Royal Opera, JAY RIFKIN (Additional Music & Lyrics)Th e among others. His arrangements for Metallica's composer, he was an obvious choice to produce English National Opera, La Scala Milan, GRAMMY® Award-winning producer, together GRAMMY® Award-winning "S&M" made good the music for the stage production of The Lion Metropolitan Opera New York, Opera with producing and composing partner Hans use of his doctorate in Composition from Yale King, having arranged and produced songs for National de Paris, Lyric Opera Chicago, Zimmer, created Media Ventures, a multi• University. the blockbuster animated feature film, for Staatsoper Vienna, Glyndebourne Festival faceted entertainment group that includes which he received both GRAMMY® and Opera, and in Zurich, Munich, Amsterdam, music, new media, film and television. Their DAVID METZGER (Orchestrator) has American Music awards in 1994. The film also Venice, Florence, Turin, Bregenz, Houston and partnership has earned them numerous awards orchestrated many films, including the Disney spawned the hit album Rhythm of the Pride Washington. and nominations, including Academy Award® animated film TARZAN®, Training Day, Domestic Lands, for which Mr. Mancina co-wrote, nominations, for the film scores of Driving Miss Disturbance, Bait and Return to Paradise. His arranged and produced three tracks, including DONALD HOLDER (Lighting Design) Daisy, Rain Man and The Lion King. Following television work includes composing episodes of "He Lives in You" and "Shadowland", which are received the 1998 Tony®, Drama Desk, and the success of The Lion King, Jay conceived and The Magnificent Seven, Disney's The Legend of featured in the stage production. Ranked Outer Critics Circle awards for his work on The produced the gold-selling follow-up album, Tarzan and five years as an arranger/composer among the upper echelons of film composers, Lion King; a 1999 Olivier nomination for The Rhythm of the Pride Lands. Jay is also chairman for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. David was his credits include mega-hits Training Day, Lion King London; and the LA Drama Critics of Media Revolution, an award-winning new nominated for a Tony® Award and Drama Desk Speed, TWister, Bad BO)l5, Tarzan® and Brother Circle, NAACP, and Ovation awards for The media company, and a founder of the film Award for The Lion King. Bear among many others. Current feature films Lion King Los Angeles. 8roadway: Movin' Out, production company Media Ventures Pictures, Include August Rush, Camille and Shooter. Thoroughly Modern Millie, Ma Rainey's Black producing the comedy Waiting. CHRIS MONTAN (Executive Music Bottom, Juan Darien (Tony® and Drama Desk Producer) joined Disney in 1984 and is currently ROGER ALLERS (Book) makes his nominations), King Hedley II, The Green Bird, JOHN STEFANIUK (Associate Director) president of Walt Disney Music. Under his Broadway debut with this Tony®-nominated Bells Are Ringing, Hughie, Voices in the Dark, A native of Toronto, Canada, John studied guidance as head of music, soundtracks from bOOk, adapted from the animated feature, Eastern Standard, Little Shop of Horrors, and theatre at the University of British Columbia in nine theatrical releases (Cocktail, Beaches, The which he co-directed. Mr Allers has been The Boy from Oz. Off- Broadway: Observe the Vancouver, Canada. Upon leaving school, John Little Mermaid, Pretty Woman, Beauty and the Instrumental in shaping the structure and Sons of Ulster, Man of No Importance, Jitney, worked as an actor and voice-over artist in both Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Pocahontas and dialogue for many Disney animated features Tiny Alice, Saturday Night, Everett Beekin, Canada and the UK. He can be heard in many TARZAN®) were certified multi-platinum. since 1988, including Aladdin, Beauty and the Three Da)15 of Rain, Chaucer in Rome, Sight cartoons and commercials as well as being Additionally, the Studio received numerous Beast The Little Mermaid, Oliver and Company, Unseen, Spunk, The Most Fabulous Story Ever heard as the voice of the Cartoon Network. He GRAMMY® and Golden Globe honours along Rescuers Down Under, Prince and the Pauper Told, Jeffrey, Raised in Captivity, Pterodactyls has taught, directed and guest-lectured for with 13 Academy Awards® for its music entries. and the computer-animated movie, Tron. Prior and many others. He has designed at resident man, theatre schools and colleges in Toronto, Most recently he served as executive producer of to Working with Disney, he created animation theatres across the United States. Mr Holder is New York, and London including the Royal the Wonderful World of Disney's production of on children's programs and features for studios a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. Academy of Music, Sylvia Young Theatre Annie, as well as producer with the television In Boston, Toronto, and Tokyo. He is currently School, and Duke University. For three years production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's developing an animated feature for Sony MICHAEL CURRY (Mask & Puppet John was the Artistic Director for Stagedoor Cinderella, which was nominated for seven St~dios and developing a new stage musical Co-Designer) is one of the world's leading Manor in New York directing many productions Emmy® Awards. With his Writing partner, Irene Mecchi. production designers. He works widely in both including Side Show, Sweeney Todd and A conceptual and technical development with Midsummer Night's Dream starring Natalie BONGANI TEMBE (Associate Producer) IRENE MECCH. (Book) began her the foremost entertainment companies such as Portman and 8ryce Howard. John has worked Bongani Tembe, a Juilliard School graduate, is an association with Disney in March 1992, when she Cirque du Soleil, the Metropolitan Opera, as Resident Director for Cameron Mackintosh internationally recognized arts administrator Wrote Recycle Rex, an animated short, which London's Royal National Theatre, Disney and JAR Productions on Hey Mr. Producer! and who has also excelled as a singer on both the WOn the 1994 Environmental Media Award. Theatrical Productions, LA Opera, and for Disneyl:; The Lion King at London's Lyceum concert and operatic stage. He has performed on Irene is a co-writer of Disney's animated features . He collaborates regularly Theatre as well as the American National Tour. many prestigious concert halls around the world The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame with directors such as Robert Lepage, Nicholas John is thrilled to be continuing his work with including the Alice Tully in New York, the and HerCUles. Along with co-author Roger Allers, Hytner, Julie Taymor and William Friedken. this incredible company. Barbican in London, the Beethovenhaus in Bonn, she received a 1998 Tony® nomination for Michael has been the recipient of many the Dewan Petronas Symphony Hall in Kuala writing the book for The Lion King. Irene wrote prestigious awards from his peers, including MAREY GRIFFITH O'roduction Dance Lumpur and the National Theatre Hall in Brasilia. ~ telepl~ for Annie, which aired on ABC in several awards for his puppet and costume Supervisor) A native New Yorker. Miss Griffith Mr Tembe has also portrayed a variety of f 999. A native San Franciscan, Irene has written work on Broadway, Olympic ceremonies, and toured worldwide with the acclaimed Alvin operatic roles including Faust in Gounod's Faust or pnnt, television and live-action film and his continuing innovations in the fields of Ailey American Dance Th'eater as a featured Tamino in Mozart's The Magic Flute, Jacquino in created a stage play drawn from the 60 years of visual effects and puppetry design. He owns dancer/soloist for eight years. Beethoven's Fidelio and Stuerman in Wagner's ~ewspaper columns by San Francisco's Pulitzer and operates Michael Curry Design Inc, which She is most known for her performances in the The Flying Dutchman. nze-winning writer. Herb Caen. designs and creates live-performance oriented works of the late, world-renowned dimensional characters and productions, such choreographer Ulysses Dove. Other guest AN DE GIBSON (Associate Producer) Ande as those seen by world-wide audiences in the FAGAN (Choreographer) is the appearances include Deja vu Dance Theatre, started his theatre carreer in the box office of ~~RTH 1996 and 2002 Olympics opening and closing Ch Plent of the 1998 Tony® Award for Best and the Spoleto Festival in Italy. the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. The lure ceremonies, Superbowl 2000, and New York Ao..~eography and the 2000 Laurence Olivier She worked as co-choreographer on the star• of the opera and the stage soon secured an ASM City's epoch 2000 millennium event. (U;rir~ fRr .Ben Theatre Choreographer studded production of The Wizard of Oz in position. Two years with Glyndebourne Festival A don, UK) as well as the Drama Desk concert at Avery Fisher Hall with Nathan Lane, Opera followed. Prior to coming to South Africa w~rd, the Astaire Award and the Outer MICHAEL WARD (Hair & Makeup Joel Grey, Jewel and Natalie Cole. he worked for Danny La Rue at the Prince of CntlCS C I K' Irc e Award for his work with The Lion Design) designs for opera and theatre. Miss Griffith has appeared in numerous Wales Theatre in London's West End. ~;~r.!a~an was born in Kingston, For Disney: The Lion King (Broadway and commercials and voice-overs. Her soap opera In 1974 he moved to South Africa and spent "th;~ for over 33 years has toured others) and Der Glockner von Notre Dame credits include As the World Turns and Another many years as Opera Production Stage Manager Wor d with Garth Fagan Dan~. (Berlin). Other work has been seen in Britain, World. She has also performed with Sight and for various Performing Arts Councils. Highlights O n tele .. VISion the company has appeared on the United States, Holland, France, Japan, Sound Theatre in Lancaster, PA. Miss Griffith of his association with Pieter Toerien include G reat Perf . , the A ormances, The TOnight Show and Israel, and portugal. Alongside his design work joined the creative team of The Lion King in Production Manager for Les Miserables and ~~~~wards®.Mr. Fagan forged his in theatre he works as a garden and landscape August of 2000. She feels privileged to work Production Company Manager for both Cats and frOm rTi~IdIi' ~d tegmique, drawing designer. with choreographer Garth Fagan. The Phantom of the Opera. mo ern dance, Afro-Caribbean and N~rE 1'us-r GO-r BIGGER!

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Associate Producer Todd Lacy DISNEY THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS, a unit of BUENA VISTA THEATRICAL GROUp, was Associate Producer Aubrey Lynch II formed in 1994and operates under the direction of Thomas Schumacher. The company's Production Supervisor Doc Zorthian inaugural production, Beauty and The Beast, currently the sixth longest-running show in Senior Production Manager Anne Quart Broadway history, will play its final Broadway performance in July 2007. In May 1997, Associate Director John Stefaniuk The Walt Disney Company completed restoration of the historic New Amsterdam Production Dance Supervisor Marey Griffith Theatre on 42nd Street, reopening with the world premiere concert of Alan Menken & Music Supervisor Clement Ishmael Tim Rice's King David. Later that sameyear, Disneyo pened The Lion King, which received Dance Supervisor Celise Hicks six 1998 Tony" Awards including Best Musical, as well as the 1998 GRAMMY® Award for Associate Scenic Designer Peter Eastman Best Musical Show Album. Now celebrating its tenth anniversary on Broadway, The Lion Associate Costume Designer Mary Nemecek Peterson King can also currently be seen onstage in London, Hamburg, Tokyo, Seoul, Associate Mask & Puppet Designer Louis Troisi Johannesburg, and two touring companies throughout the U.s., with an upcoming Associate Sound Designer John Shivers production in Paris, France. In June 1999, Disney premiered its first new musical outside Associate Hair & Makeup Designer Carole Hancock the United States when Der Glockner Von Notre Dame, an adaptation of the Disneyfilm , Associate Lighting Designer Jeanne Koenig The Hunchback of Notre Dame, opened in Berlin. Elton John & Tim Rice's Aida opened Assistant Lighting Designer Marty Vreeland on Broadway in March 2000 and received four 2000 Tony" Awards and the 2000 Automated Lighting Designer Aland Henderson GRAMMY® Award for Best Musical Show Album. Aida ran for four-and-a-half years on Creative Coordinator Suyin Chan Broadway and can currently be seen in Japan. On The Record, a new musicalcelebrating Management Assistant Tara Engler Disney's catalogue of beloved songs, launched a U.S. national tour in November 2004, visiting 24 cities over the following nine months. Mary Poppins, a co-production by Disney and Cameron Mackintosh, is now playing at London's Prince Edward Theatre and had its Broadway premiere at The New Amsterdam Theatre in November 2006. TARZA~, a new musical based on the hit Disney film, had its world premiere on Broadway in May 2006, and its European premiere in Holland in April 2007. This summer, Disney Theatrical Productions will debut the touring stage version of Disney's High School Musical, which is scheduled to reach 60 cities through 2008. Also this summer, led by director Francesca Zambello, some ofthe theatre's most innovative artists will gather to create The Little Mermaid, with a score composed by eight-time Academy Award" winner Alan Menken and the legendary Howard Ashman, with new lyrics by Glenn Slater. After a six week, pre-Broadway try-out in Denver, it will open on Broadway in December 2007. Future projects in development include The Man in the Ceiling featuring original book author Jules Feiffer and composer Andrew Lippa.

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PRODUCTION Deputy Head of Sound Zara Gaffney Producers Lebo M & Pieter Toerien Sound Technician Riaan Williams Associate Producers Ande Gibson Flying Supervision Dave Hearn Bongani Tembe Physiotherapist Lindsay Gray Technical Director Richard Martin Production Photography Pat Bromilow-Downing / John Hogg Company Manager Johann Kupferburger Head of Automation Justin Harper Production Stage Manager Leigh-Anne Nanguia Deputy Head of Automation Justin Taudien Resident Director Philip Godawa Naiam Patton Resident Dance Supervisor David Matamela Head Flyman Mal Pierson Assistant Company Manager Nomonde Mafalala Flymen Stephens Olifant, Hamilton Sefara Stage Manager Karen Faure Stage Technicians Peter Cloete, Meyer Coetsee, Assistant Stage Managers Kristin Allen, Rudi Clacher, Imtiyaaz Jackson, Marshal Knight, Kurt Diepraam, Miza Rebecca Ngaye Adnaan Mansoor, Whalied Lewis TechnicalCoord inator Pre-Production Lisa Webb Head of Wardrobe Darryl Myott Stage Manager Pre-Production Daniel O'Connell Deputy Head of Wardrobe Eugene Titus Dance Captains Monwabisi Bangiwe, Dressers Alida Barnard, Rabia Cloete, Trudy-Anne Fredericks Kasheefa Jackson, Silindile Lukozi, Fight Consultant Rick Sordelet Xolisiwe Magudulela, Zandile Magudulela, Fight Captain Itumeleng Makena • Motshidisi Manyeneng, Irene Mathe, Casting Director Duma Ndlovu Elizabeth Maunatlala, Virginia Molebatsi, Executive Music Producer Chris Montan Thandi Ntuli, Nicolene Potgieter, Music Preparation Donald Oliver, Chelsea Music Service, Inc Nadine Rosin, Nadia Savage, Electronic Music Design & Programming Music Arts Technologies, Inc. LawrenceSik homa, Lanah-LeeVan der Berg Costume Supervisor Suzy Strout Wardrobe Maintenance Alastair Pringle, Rosemary van der Valk Head of Masks and Puppets Sophie Jones Laundry Chantell van Rhyn Deputy Head of Masks and Puppets Tim Rowson Costume Workshop Supervisor Mark Bailey Mask and Puppet Technician Claire Reid, Linda Schmidt Wardrobe Technician Sue Bell Mask and Puppet TechnicianPre-Production Mike Grimm Head of Props Bernard Fitzgerald Head Electrician Ben Meadows Deputy Head of Props Shawn Crew Deputy Head Electrician & Prop Technicians Tanya Bradfield, Lucas Sibisi Vari*Lite Operator Robert Baker Props Technician Pre-Production Lucille Fitzgerald Board Operator Phuthi Paile Head of Hair and Makeup Giuseppe Cannas Floor Electrician Matthew Sidebottom Deputy Head of Hair and Makeup Lou Masters Follow Spot Operators Clarence Ceasar, Donald Gololo, Ma1teupand Hair Artists Claudia Hamman, Jade Snell, Roy Hoffman, Kopo Matshego, Queen. Motlatle Sidney Savage Children's Chaperones Anusia Pillay, Theshnie Pillay Electrics Pre-Production Lynton Blessington, Andrew Meadows, Children's Tutors (Rehearsals) Michelle Grinker, Ndileka Slater, Art Scibal Scott Smith Production Assistants Themba Khanyi, Kgosi Khiba Head Technician Mark Henstridge IT Support Davin Smyth Deputy Head Technician Andrew Snelleksz Publicity Buz Publicity - Bridget Van Oerle, Sound Supervisor Shane Cook Ferial Moola, Anele Sigidi Head of Sound Christo Davis Phone 011 6734995

General Manager Bryan Hill Ii Technical Manager Ian Suggett Assistant Technical Manager Francois Croukamp Front Of House Manger Sarah Mokoena Assistant Front Of House Manager Kgomotso Taele Personal Assistant· Teatro Eve Meyer

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President Thomas Schumacher Senior Vice President & General Manager Alan Levey Senior Vice President, Managing Director & CFO David Schrader

Senior Vice President, International Ron Kollen Senior Vice President, Creative Affairs Michele Steckler Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs Jonathan Olson Vice President, International Marketing Fiona Thomas Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs Robbin Kelley Vice President, Physical Production John Tiggeloven Vice President, Theatrical Merchandise Steven Downing Executive Director, Business & Legal Affairs Harry Gold Senior Counsel, Business & Legal Affairs Seth Stuhl Director, Finance Joe McClafferty Senior Manager, Finance Dana James Senior Manager, International Michael Cassel International Assistant Tom Kingsley

PRODUCTION CREDITS

The Lion King Pre-Production Support Staff - John Clark (Percussion Supervisor), Costumes by Anthony Phillips Costumes, The Costume Design Centre Sydney Darren Cooper (Technician), Alexandra Dunwoodie (Shoes), Footwear Steppin' Out Andrew Keister (Sound Survey), Joseph Matas (AFCT Technician), Wigs by Chrissie Sterritt of The Wig Workshop, United Kingdom Tshepo Matjomane (Production Driver), Stamps and specialist skin effects by Mike Defeo of Defeo Designs John Scott (AFCT Technician), Peter Spooner (AFCT Technician). Specialist Make-up Brushes by Sally Smith UK Scenery built by Adelaide Festival Centre Trust With thanks to Abcol Chemical, Autofrost, Barbara Matera Ltd, Bloch Australia, Automation by Adelaide Festival Centre Trust in partnership with Automated Emma Marshall, Hawksbury Leather, Kjeld Andersen, Nicola Killeen Textiles, Process Control & Integration NSW Leather, Ockapella Printing, Sally Hemphill, Bertha & Company, Engineering Consultant Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd - Ned Dally Screengraphics, Victoria Rowell, Stuart Shanks, Belinda Ryan, Christine Service, Rigging by Hoisting Equipment Services Pty Ltd Gibson Freight - Rod Bourne, T C Hasemer - John Ward Flying by Foy SONG EXCERPTS (USED BY PERMISSION) Freight Forwarding by ATS Logistics and Entertainment Express "Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue" Lighting Equipment supplied by Chameleon Touring Systems written by Sam Lewis, Joe Young, and Ray Henderson; Sound Equipment supplied by Masque Sound "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" Masks and Puppets made by Paragon Innovation Group written by Hugo Peretti, George David Weiss, and Luigi Creatore

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