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David Cuny tells Esther Lukins about his roles in The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale, his favourite moment during rehearsals so far, and his love for LotR.

Shared by Esther Lukins via Instagram stories on 3 December 2024.

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lotronstage on Instagram, 16 December 2024:

Meet the talent and creativity behind the magical world of Middle-earth live, onstage. Some of our Australian cast tell us about the skills needed to transform into their characters as they try on their costumes, wigs, hair and make-up for the first time.

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“Soft now, my love, and fold your heart in mine” actually yes I believe love exists, I’ve found proof.

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Laurence Boxhall tells Esther Lukins about his personal connection to Gollum, the challenges that being part of The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale poses for him, who usually acts in plays and on TV, and what goes into his process of becoming Gollum onstage.

Shared by Esther Lukins via Instagram stories on 6 December 2024.

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The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale in Auckland, Aotearoa ✨️

📸 Liam Newth

Scenes: The Cat and the Moon, Now and For Always, Lothlórien

Official photos: 1 | 2

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Happy Spotify Wrapped, everyone. Pleased to announce that I have broken my previous record by just...a stupid amount of listens

Like I'm still trying to figure out how this happened logistically

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Luke Nowakowski took over aucklandlive for a double show day last Saturday, shared fun backstage moments, interviewed crew members, and answered questions.

I downloaded and merged all clips and images and uploaded them for archival preservation here ✨️

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David Cuny tells Esther Lukins about his roles in The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale, his favourite moment during rehearsals so far, and his love for LotR.

Shared by Esther Lukins via Instagram stories on 3 December 2024.

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I only meant to find one (1) outfit. I got carried away and suddenly it was four hours later and this existed.

Lord of the Rings Musical Closet Cosplay!! Every single character! Productive procrastination for the win!

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A fond farewell to the Chicago & Aotearoa cast of The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale ✨️

This clip of the final curtain call was shared by Music Director Michael McBride via Instagram stories on 1 December 2024.

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Tolkien Stage Adaptations - Performance Calendar

~ December 2024 ~

The Lord of the Rings (musical; Auckland, New Zealand)

1 (two shows)

Сказание о Берене и Лютиэн ([equestrian] NOTmusical; Plaskinino, Russia)

1

broadcast only

performed without horses

Fellowship! (musical parody; Philadelphia, PA, USA)

1-22

Fridays and Sundays

The Hobbit (play; Vancouver, BC, Canada)

4-21

except Mondays and Tuesdays, 15

additional matinees: 7, 12, 14, 21

8: Relaxed Performance

adaptation by Kim Selody

The Hobbit (play; El Paso, TX, USA)

6-22

Fridays through Sundays

adaptation by Patricia Gray

Der Hobbit (puppetry play; Leipzig, Germany)

12-16

13 (morning), 16: school performances

Лэ о Лэйтиан (rock opera; Moscow, Russia)

15

live broadcast available

Taru sormusten herrasta (play; Tampere, Finland)

17-21, 28, 30, 31

Honourable mentions:

1: online stream of a recording of Pád Doriathu (musical) by @a-mountain-hobbit

15: concert "Сказочный... концерт" in Moscow, Russia featuring songs from Лэ о Лэйтиан (rock opera), among others

18: work presentation of Taru sormusten herrasta in Tampere, Finland

Performance dates and times are subject to change; please check the original post for up-to-date information.

For a general overview of Tolkien stage adaptations, see this post.

Image sources: 1 2 3

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Luke Nowakowski took over aucklandlive for a double show day last Saturday, shared fun backstage moments, interviewed crew members, and answered questions.

I downloaded and merged all clips and images and uploaded them for archival preservation here ✨️

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A Lord of the Rings a Musical Tale TTRPG:

or, Master Elrond Shit's Fucked

Featuring (with tastefully anonymised faces) @the-daughter-of-a-wolf @yanahn-blog @lotrmusical @tuuliii @officiallanxichen @seagull-energy @nowandforalways

This month, I ran two one-shots for my LotR musical friends of "Hobbits on Horses", a homebrew I hacked together from Kids on Bikes/Brooms! Partially inspired by Folarin Akinmade (Gimli) GMing for the Watermill cast, mostly inspired by me wanting to learn how to GM. We had a lot of fun but I also made my friends cry, which I'm pretty sure is the mark of a successful TTRPG.

Notable moments include:

Session 1:

Merry and Pippin attempting to woo Arwen by pretending to be an elf in a trenchcoat

Overcoming elf/dwarf xenophobia by nerding out about architecture

Bill Ferny is mauled to death by a sentient badger

Every single river has a river spirit, yes including the one under Rivendell

Sneaking the reforged Anduril into the Fellowship's equipment so that Aragorn (Aaron Sidwell) will accept it.

Session 2:

Elrond "doesn't like gardening"

Entwife unsure why Arwen's best friend is giggling when Arwen looks like she's been pulled through a bush backwards and Aragorn won't say anything

Elrohir is Tom Giles in a wig

Grima (imagined as Bridget Lappin) geting hit in the nuts with Bilbo's cane

Boromir attempts to loom over Bilbo falls flat on his face, and swears fealty to the Bagginses

The Rivendell Sex Pollen Clearing tm

It was the first time I've ever Game Mastered, though I've played a bunch of TTRPGs and spent far too many hours watching/listening to other people play them. Many thanks to @dimension20official's Adventuring Academy for a bunch of hints! I had no idea how I would do, and I'm so grateful to this lovely bunch of people for being willing to be guinea pigs for me. It's really strange to have a creative skill that you literally cannot practise by yourself before you have to perform in front of others. By the end of the second one-shot, I was absolutely in love with GMing and I'm really looking forward to doing more!!!

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Congratulations to Ty Shay, who made his Merry debut today! ✨️

shared by Ty Shay & Michael McBride via Instagram stories on 26 November 2024

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Happy Birthday to Jirt, and Happy LOTR Musical Exchange Day! @spiritintheinkwell , this is for you!! There are some brand-new lyrics for "Now And For Always", and a little fic surrounding them about their creation! I hope you like it!

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The Australian tour cast of The Lord of the Rings: A Musical Tale began rehearsals today! ✨️

shared by Zayneb Zerzouri via Instagram stories on 25 November 2024