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CouldyoubeahobbitontheWestEndstage?
Didyoulikethefilm‘TheLordoftheRings?’Areyouaperformerwhocansinganddance?Andmostimportantly,areyoulessthan1.7metrestallwithbig,hairyfeet?
IftheanswerisyestoallofthesequestionsthenmaybeyoushouldauditionforapartinthenewstageproductionofthemusicalversionoftheLordoftheRings.
HundredsofaspiringactorshavedescendeduponLondon’sTheatreRoyalhopingtobecastashobbitsinthenewmusicalversionofJRRTolkien’sclassicfantasynovel.Theshow,whichwillopeninJune2007,willbethemostexpensiveeverstagedinLondon,costinganestimated￡12.5million.
Competitionisfiercetogetapartinthelavishproductionwithactorsqueuingroundtheblockjusttogetafewsecondstoimpresstheauditionpanel.
however,theshow’sproducerKevinWallacehassaidthatheissurehewillfindsomeactorsintheopenauditions.
“FromeveryopencallIhaveeverdone,peoplehaveendedupintheshow,"MrWallacesaid,"Wewillnotgothroughthisprocessandnotfindanyonetojointheshow,Iamabsolutelyconfidentofthat."
TheLordoftheRingsmusicalisthelatestWestEndshowtobeadaptedfromHollywoodmovies.Theatre-goersinLondoncanenjoyawidevarietyofmusicalsbasedonfilms-TheProducers,MaryPoppins,DirtyDancingandBillyElliotallbeganlifeonthesilverscreen.
Ifthetrendcontinues,perhapswewillsoonseeKingKongtheMusicalorSpiderman’sSongandDanceShowontheLondonstage.
