‘Lord Of The Rings’ Musical
2 Mar
2023/3/2 17:48:39 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2023/3/2 17:48:39 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
A musical stage adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, originally co-created in 2006 by Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical director Matthew Warchus, is headed to the English countryside.
The Shire of Middle-earth, the inland area inhabited by the hobbits and Bilbo Baggins, will be re-created at the Watermill Theatre to allow a cast of 20 actor-musicians to perform the musical in the open air.
The Watermill Theatre is located in Berkshire, a county adjacent to Oxfordshire, where Tolkien wrote his chronicle of the Hobbit universe’s Great War of the Ring. It will present a semi-immersive production of The Lord of the Rings that takes advantage of the venue’s picturesque setting on the banks of the River Lambourn.
https://deadline.com/2023/03/lord-of-t ... tthew-warchus-1235276555/
https://www.watermill.org.uk/the-lord-of-the-rings
Say hello to the cast of The Lord of the Rings? We can't wait to bring this show to audiences for a limited run this summer. Playing at The Watermill from 25 JUL - 15 OCT!
— The Watermill Theatre (@WatermillTh) June 9, 2023
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A theatre is using a production of Lord of the Rings to raise money after it lost funding from Arts Council England.
The Watermill Theatre in Newbury is hoping for success with its musical production of the JRR Tolkien classic.
The arts space lost £464,000 of funding last year, despite government promises to redistribute more money across England.
The theatre has also opened a fundraising campaign, called Propel, in conjunction with the Greenham Trust.
The organization said it would match every donation, pound for pound.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-66313931
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