Kayi Ushe will take on the iconic stage role in London from July at the Lyceum Theatre.
In an exclusive video, Ushe discusses bringing the part to life after over a year of lockdown and how much it will mean to him stepping out in front of a West End crowd for the first time in a long time.
Watch his interview here:
Julie Taymor's adaptation of the iconic Disney classic film first opened on Broadway in 1997, coming to the West End two years later. The record-breaking piece has been closed since the onset of the pandemic, but is set to reopen in late July, when the government's roadmap to reopening has reached step four.