'The sheer idea of having a stampede on stage was exciting " the bigger the risk, the bigger the payoff' It was a surprise to get the call from Disney. Their world wasn't my aesthetic, but The Lion King's story aligned with the myths, folktales and Shakespearean stories I had done. I'd never seen the film before and was totally taken with it. The sheer idea of staging a stampede was exciting. They gave me a lot of fr…
