The Lord of the Rings

Saw the production last night. By far the worst musical or play I've ever seen. The story was dull, the music weak and the acting terrible. The special effets did their best to compensate for a while, but you can't hide behind them for three hours. If you're thinking about seeing this musical - DON'T. It will be one of the worst evenings of your lives. I had a few stiff drinks during the interval and even this didn't help. In a word - its ...  Read the complete review

I felt very nervous when I went to see The Lord of the Rings at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Firstly, I’m probably the biggest fan of the books that I know. I re-read them once every year, and I even wrote my dissertation on Tolkien when I was at university (don’t judge me). On top of that, I absolutely love musicals, and have seen and performed in more than I can count. I can’t tell you how much I wanted to enjoy this. For those of you that aren’t quite as big Tolkien fanatics as myself, and are unfamiliar with the story, let me provide you with a much-simplified overview of the plot: The Lord of the Rings is essentially the tale of ...  Read the complete review

The Lord of the Rings films didn't win an award for nothing so how does the theatre production match up to the true story? I went to see it on it's third night of showing at London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane, you could say it was pretty good. Certainly the theatre production is everything you would expect, elaborate, fast paced (due to a shortening of the story), dynamic and makes good entertainment for all. The tale tells of a hobbit whose mission it is to destroy a powerful and evil ring, in a fantasy-like world. While the theatre is particularly true to the actual story, especially the ending which the film omits, it thankfully manages to miss out some ...  Read the complete review

The lord of the rings trilogy is the most legendary series of books. These books cannot be compared to and have such a unique style of writing as well as story line that it cannot even be replicated again to such perfection and attention to detail. The first out of the three is the fellowship of the ring. The story is about a ring which needs to be destroyed as it contains great powers which cause the bearer to perform greedy and selfish acts. It possessess the bearer. The rings wants to go back to its owner who has set up a huge army in search for it. The second story goes more into the battle of the trilogy and the third story leads to the detruction of the ring and ...  Read the complete review