A performer in the upcoming Lord of the Rings Stage Show, Stevie Tate Bauer, has started her own blog on the ‘The Alternate’, a blog site for designed to give an alternative view of Theatreland. The blog is run by the Society of London theatre. In her blog, Steve talks about the four months of rehearsals the cast of Lord of the Rings have undergone - with the male ensemble starting their circus training three weeks before the rest of the cast. I never knew it was such hard work being an Orc - I would have though all you had to do was run round and look threatening! All this work is leading up to a premiere on May 9th at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.

Lord of the Rings promises to be a pretty exciting piece of theatre, something that the director Matthew Warchus describes as ‘a cross between Shakespeare and Cirque Du Soleil’. I can’t wait to see Tolkein’s masterpiece brought to the stage for the first time, the theatre will add a whole new dimension to one of the greatest stories ever written. Roll on May 9th!

Take a look at this vid to get an idea of the musical spectacle that is Lord of the Rings on stage…

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It’s not long now! In all the excitement about Grease and Joseph revivals, let’s not forget the biggest theatrical event of the year - the Lord of the Rings stage show. Previews start on 9th May at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and what an exciting night it will be! This three hour production will be a feast for the eyes and a roller coaster of exictment - featuring music, song, dance, acrobatics and fantastical special effects. Director Matthew Warchus describes the film as watching the the story unfold through a giant window but says that the stage prodution transports the audience into the world of Middle Earth.

The show premiered in Toronto last year, take a look at this vid to get a taster of it… amazing!

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At the recent Lord of the Rings launch, director, Mathhew Warchus described the new show as “Shakespeare meets Cirque du Soleil.” It sounds like the actors in this stage show are going to be acrobats as well! A few casually dressed orcs demonstrated their skills at the launch by showing off their stunts on spring loaded stilts. Laura Michelle Kelly who plays elven Queen, Galadriel, has said that she is particularly excited about the groundbreaking elements of the show and the new skills required of the actors. Kelly has enthused about the show claiming that they are doing things she has never before seen done on stage - I guess we’ll have to wait until May to find out exactly what she means!

Warchus has promised theatre-goers that when the show opens in May, it will have the most highly skilled and hard working ensemble in the entire West End. A bold claim indeed, but then again, this is a man who has successfully directed a stage show based on some of the most famous and successful books of the last 100 years in the wake of the runaway success of the film trilogy. Not an easy task, especially when you consider the expectations of the millions of Lord of the Rings fans around the world.

So how has Matthew Warchus managed to turn this famous trilogy into a stage show lasting three hours? Warchus claims that he has taken the essence of the novels and reduced the plot back to the basic essentials to give viewers a different experience to the film. He claims that the Lord of the Rings show will be a more emotional experience for audience members. The audience will be completely immersed in all the action. They will be able to feel the wind through the trees, smell the smoke and be surrounded by the atmosphere. There is no doubt in my mind that theatre experiences are more intense than film experiences. With a story this powerful the Lord of the Rings has the potential to conjur up a range of human emotions among audience members.

The creative team of the Lord of the Rings claim that they have assessed and reassessed every aspect of the show in the nine months since the Toronto run came to an end. The team are said to be very proud of their efforts and have learnt a lot from their experiences in Canada to make the London show even better!

Let’s see how the show fares with the critics and the theatre fans when it opens in May.

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