Lord of the Rings – The Musical

Tolkien’s epic fantasy trilogy The Lord of the Rings has been given a new incarnation, this time as a stage musical. With a cast of over 70 actors, singers and musicians and stunning design and music the story is brought to life at London’s legendary Theatre Royal Drury Lane from June 19th.
Director Matthew Warchus says of the production, “We have not attempted to pull the novel towards the standard conventions of Musical Theatre, but rather to expand those conventions so that they will accommodate Tolkien’s material. As a result, we will be presenting a hybrid of Text, Physical Theatre, Music and Spectacle never previously seen on this scale. To read the novel is to experience the events of Middle-earth in the mind’s eye; only in the theatre are we actually plunged into the events as they happen. The environment surrounds us. We participate. We are in Middle-earth.”

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