Lord Of The Rings

Composer	- A.R. Rahman & Värttinä
Lyricist	- Shaun McKenna
Writer	- Shaun McKenna
Based on a book by	- J.R.R. Tolkien
Director	- Matthew Warchus
Date of 1st/Full Perf [Toronto]	- 23rd March 2006 (Princess Of Wale Theatre, Toronto)
Date of 1st/Full Perf [London]	- 19th June 2007 (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London)

Synopsis / Notes

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."