Details

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."

Cast/Performers

James Loye (Frodo), Peter Howe (Samwise Gamgee), Laura Michelle Kelly (Galadriel), Owen Sharpe (Pippin), Michael Therriault (Gollum), Malcolm Storry (Gandalf), Jerome Pradon (Aragorn), Richard Henders (Merry), Michael Rouse (Legolas), Sevan Stephan (Gimli), Steven Miller (Boromir), Rosalie Craig (Arwen), Andrew Jarvis (Elrond), Terence Frisch (Bilbo), Tim Morgan (Theoden), Kirsty Malpass (Rosie), Alexandra Bonnet, Greg Bradley, James Byng, Darren Carnall, Lee Clayden, Jennie Dale, Claire Doyle, Stephen Emery, Ben Evans, Josh Feldshuh, Alma Ferovic, Wayne Fitsimmons, Chris Gage, David Grant, Shaun Henson, Christopher D. Hunt, Luke Johnson, Corrie Mac, Stuart Neal, Tim Parker, Richard Roe, Andrew Rothwell, Adam Salter, Robbie Scotcher, Nick Searle, Stevie Tate-Bauer, Jon Tsouras, Gavin Wilkinson, Glen Wilkinson, Sam Wilmot, Kirk Zammit

Creatives/Company

Book by(s): Shaun McKenna, Matthew Warchus
Lyrics(s): Shaun McKenna, Matthew Warchus
Music(s): AR Rahman, Varttina, Christopher Nightingale (from the book by JRR Tolkien)
Producer(s): Kevin Wallace, Saul Zaentz
Director: Matthew Warchus
Design: Rob Howell
Choreographer: Peter Darling