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A night with The One Ring
On 26th and 28th December the Indiana State Museum will be holding overnighters with trivia, contests and the IMAX theater will show FotR on the 26th and RotK on the 28th. Guests will then tour the LotR exhibition. There’s further information about this event here.
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The Lord of the Rings Symphony – dates for 2006
2006 performances of Howard Shore’s Lord of the Rings Symphony include: 10th-11th February, National Orchestra of Lyon. 10th-12th February, Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Howard Shore. 19th-21st May Colorado Symphony Orchestra.
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Lord of the Rings – stage version
Rehearsals for the stage version of LotR are underway and yesterday some of the acrobatic moves from the show were revealed to the press. These included a high-flying demonstration from Saruman. You can read the full story at Canoe.
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Lord of the Rings – stage version
Rehearsals for the stage version of The Lord of the Rings begin today in Toronto. British actor James Loye plays the role of Frodo. Just five years out of theater school James reveals, “I suddenly wake up in the morning and remember that I’m going to be Frodo. It’s overwhelmingly exciting. I am playing one…
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Alan Lee book tour
From 22nd October to 30th October Alan Lee will be visiting a number of US cities signing copies of his forthcoming book The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook. This book contains pencil sketches made by Alan Lee whilst working on the LotR movie trilogy. There are details of his schedule at Ain’t it Cool News.
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Take the Tolkien trail
On 30th October, from 11.30am to 4pm, there will be a free bus tour of some of the places around Birmingham, UK, that served as inspiration for JRR Tolkien. There are further details about this event, including how to reserve a place, at the Tolkien Society website.
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Lord of the Brush
Lord of the Brush, a film about artist John Howe, is to be shown at the Fantasy Worldwide Film Festival. The festival runs from 4th to 6th November and will be held in Toronto, Canada. In addition there will be a further TV screening of the film on 20th November on Bravo Canada at 8pm…
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LotR exhibit in Indiana
First, it happened in New Zealand; second, it was exposed to the US and the rest of the world. Now, another LotR exhibit can be seen in Indiana State Museum through until January. The exhibit, which began on 6th October, displays props from the trilogy and includes discussion about the new digital effects that have…
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Dutch lecture about J.R.R. Tolkien
On Wednesday October 19th René van Rossenberg, Holland’s leading Tolkien expert, will give a lecture about J.R.R. Tolkien called ‘Magic in Middle-Earth – the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien’ It deals with subjects as: who was Tolkien, who inspired him and why did he write his books? The lecture is held in the Central…
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LotR inspired symphony
On 1st November, as part of their Philharmonic Phantasy programme, the Polk Imperial Symphony Orchestra will perform Johan De Meji’s LotR inspired Symphony No. 1. You can read more about the symphony and listen to some extracts here.
