Music from the epic theater adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord
of the
Rings (LOTR) will premiere at the opening ceremony of the World
Travel
Market exhibition on the 14th of November, 2005 at ExCeL
London.
Expected to become a worldwide hit, the C$27,000,000 production
is
touted as the biggest and most ambitious theatrical event ever
staged.
It will open at The Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Canada
on
March 23, 2006, with previews from February 2, 2006.
A selection from the musical score by popular Indian composer
A.R.
Rahman and the renowned Finnish group Värttinä, in collaboration
with
Christopher Nightingale, will be publicly heard for the first time
at
ExCeL. Lyrics are composed by Shaun McKenna and Matthew Warchus.
The
international creative team, led by critically acclaimed
director
Matthew Warchus, award-winning designer Rob Howell and
celebrated
choreographer Peter Darling, has combined all three books into
one
theatrical event featuring a cast of 70 actors, singers and
musicians.
"This is going to be an opening ceremony like no other," said
Fiona
Jeffery, Group Exhibition Director. "It will create a totally
different and dramatic effect, with a common thread running
throughout
the whole ceremony. The acclaimed LOTR creative team, in
association
with the exhibition's technical and production teams, are
currently
working on how we can best bring a taste of LOTR to the stage at
the
World Travel Market," Jeffery added
"Theater enhances the experience enjoyed by travelers to many
destinations across the world, from Toronto to London and from
New
York to Hamburg. We are grateful to the World Travel Market
for
celebrating the partnership of theater and tourism by inviting LOTR
to
participate in the World Travel Market's opening ceremonies,"
said
Kevin Wallace, producer of the LOTR musical.
