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The Lion King: Banda School adapts classical Hollywood animation into an 'almost perfect' musical
Emma Whithill plays the lovable, Talkative Donkey in Shrek the Musical produced by the Kenya Amateur Dramatics Society (KADS) at Braeburn Theatre Gitanga, March 2, 2024.
Photo credit: Margaretta wa Gacheru | Nation Media Group
Practically everyone knows the story of The Lion King. They have seen it either live on Broadway or the West End or on either one or both of Disney’s film versions of this spectacular production, rumored to have been inspired by the Kenyan countryside as well our fauna and flora.
They know that it’s a story about succession, toxic jealousy, envy, and treachery leading to the murder of one brother by another (similar to Cain and Abel’s story in the Bible.) It’s also about the beauty of Africa and the humanising of its wildlife.
