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The Lord of the Rings – stage version
Tickets for the Toronto premiere of The Lord of the Rings will be available for purchase online from 15th May and by telephone from 16th May. The first performance is scheduled for 2nd February 2006. There are further details at the official website. The London premiere is now scheduled for Autumn 2006.
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Pippin’s Recipe Box
Pippin’s Recipe Box has been updated and now you will be able to see at a glance if any recipe in any of the sections is suitable for vegetarians. The titles of all suitable recipes have been marked with this sign (V). Many thanks to Celedë_Anthaas for the original idea for this update and for…
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The Hobbit premiere
The world premiere of the theatrical version of The Hobbit took place in Wellington, New Zealand, on 16th April. Christine Anketell, spent 8 months developing the script and one challenge she faced was that contractually she was not allowed to copy anything from the LotR movies. You can read the full story at ninemsn. The…
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Sound editing to rule them all
Scoop report on some innovative sound editing software that has been developed by New Zealand company Virtual Katy. The basic version of this software was originally developed to deal with the huge job of sound editing the LotR movies.
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A Room with a View
Broadcast earlier today, the BBC Radio 4 programme “Room with a View” features the Oxford study where JRR Tolkien wrote The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. For a period of a week you can hear the programme on the Listen Again feature at BBC Radio 4.
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LotR – The Battle for Middle-earth
An extended edition module for LotR – The Battle for Middle-earth is now available at EA Games. New features include splitting combined hordes and “a neat twist on multiplayer resource sharing”.
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Lord of the Rings Symphony in Nashville
On 5th November 2005, the Nashville Symphony Orchestra will be performing Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony. This event will be held at Belmont University. There are further details at the orchestra’s website here.
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The Lord of the Brush
John Howe has updated his official site with news of a number of events. These include the forthcoming documentary portrait about him entitled “The Lord of the Brush” (there will also be an accompanying DVD) and an exhibition of his work in Carouge, Switzerland, which runs from June 26th to September 11th. The Lord of…
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LotR auditions
Canoe report that 2000 aspiring elves, hobbits and orcs turned up for the recent auditions in Toronto for the Lord of the Rings stage play. Next stop for the auditions is Montreal on 29th April.
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TolCon 2005
Ted Nasmith, Kiran Shah and Peter Lyon (of Weta) will be the guests of honor at TolCon 2005. Special events planned include The Feast of Rohan and Who Drank My Half-Pint?. This event, which is organized by the Northwest Tolkien Society, will take place on 13th May to 15th May at the SeaTac Radisson Hotel,…
