CONFERENCE ON CREATIVITY Sensory Guide for the Sensory Friendly Performance of Disney's The Lion King October 13, 2020 10:00AM Conference on Creativity Conference Hall 3 The performance takes place at the Paramount Theatre in Seattle, WA. Seating is stadium style, with two center aisles and an aisle on the outside. RunTime: The show has two acts and a 18 minute intermission. ACT 1 is approximately 70 minutes. Act 2 is 60minutes. Overall time is 2.5 hours The Sensory Friendly Show will have decreased volume and amplification. House Lights which are usually off during a performance, will also be on dimly. 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. Act One Scene Description Sensory 1.1 Prologue Large characters walk down the main aisle (Pride Rock) to enter the stage Circle of Life The singing at the beginning is quite loud Slight Boom at the end of Scene 1 Some characters are almost yelling in this scene 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 Some scary moments when Lionesses hunt catch a Nala Gazelle (The Pridelands) Loud sounds & loud drumming Lioness Hunt 1.6A Can’t Wait to Be Medium loud, gets pretty loud at end King Lots of Visual Stimulation with animals lights and (The Pridelands) curtains I Just Can’t Wait to Be King 1.7 The Elephant Loud air vents from the ground can be surprising Graveyard Light flashes (The Eleph. Loud rock music Graveyard) Chow “Chow Down” song can be scary Down 1.8 Under the Stars (Pridelands) They Live in You Act One Scene Description Sensory 1.9 Be Prepared Light flashes (The Eleph. Loud rock music Graveyard) “Chow Down” song can be scary Be Prepared 1.9A Zazu Apologizes 1.10 The Stampede Deep Base rumbling at beginning (The Pridelands) The masks can be scary to some The Stampede Very emotional scene with death 1.11 Eulogy (The Gorge / Funeral Lionesses crying is quite intense Bier / Pride Rock) Eulogy Be Prepared 1.12 Rafiki Mourns (Rafiki’s Tree) Rafiki Mourns) 1.13 Hakuna Matata (The Desert/Jungle ) Hakuna Matata INTERMISSION Act Two Scene Description Sensory E One by One Cast members in audience (Theater/Pridelands), wooping bird puppets in audience One by One 2.1 The Madness of King Scar (Scar’s Cave) The Madness of Scar 2.2 Nala’s Farewell (The Pridelands) Volume gets loud in some parts Shadowland 2.3 Simba’s Music gets intense when crocodiles get on stage Nightmare Scene can be scary as a character is in danger (The Jungle) Weem-A-Wep 2.4 Endless Night (The Jungle/Under Stars) Endless Night 2.5 He’s Alive! (Rafiki’s Tree) Rafiki is loud Endless Night Act Two Scene Description Sensory 2.6 Simba and Nala Intense Drumming during the chase Reunite (The Jungle) Can You Feel the Love Tonight 2.6A Mufasa’s Ghost Drums are loud (The Jungle), Volume gets louder when dancers arrive He Lives in You 2.6B Who’s the Monkey (The Jungle) 2.7 Simba Confronts Loud booming music at beginning Scar (Pride Rock) Lightning Finale – Part 1 Loud sounds throughout Intense music 2.7A Circle of Life Volume louder (Pride Rock) Slight Bass Boom at very end Circle of Life – Lots of clapping and cheering at end Reprise BOWS 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 WWW.SensoryAccess.org .