Lord Of The Rings Musical

The LOTR musical (www.lotr.com) is a big production that played already in Toronto for over a year,

and is currently running in London's "Theatre Royal Drury Lane" till July 19th. It will probably go to Germany after touring through Australia and New Zealand.
The show is produced and directed by Kevin Wallace and it's "Without doubt the most spectacular show in the West End (lastminute.com).

It's hard to believe how good they managed to bring such a big and great story to life on stage.
Of course some parts of the book are missing, but this should't surprise you (for example the battles aren't as present in this live show as they were in the movies), because they made one show in which they tell whole the LOTR story.
But this 3 hour long show is amazing as it is, it contains very good acting, in particular Gollum is played wonderful; the two voices, the way he moves, .... everything just feels right. The music score is great and also the costumes are surely noteworthy.

Before the show start some hobbits entertain you which is really fun, after that the use of some astonishing magical and special effects in the show becomes clear when Bilbo disappears from his party after putting on the One Ring. The show manages to take you right from the beginning with them on a journey through Middle Earth. So if you ever have the chance to see this production, I recommend to go see it.

PS: While you are in London don't forget to visit the Movieum (www.themovieum.com): a museum dedicated to films that shows you lots of movieprops, costumes, ...