Greg Pyne aka Fool of a Took writes: While spending part of my holiday in Scotland, I had the privilege of seeing Charles Ross perform his One Man Lord of the Rings show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, a performance consisting of all three movies by one single, highly motivated individual. β€œ40 characters. 3 masterworks. 3600 seconds. One Man to do it all.”

And he did. Continue reading “A Singular Lord of the Rings Experience in Scotland”

EJCasting.Com is pleased to present an evening with world-renowned writer BRIAN SIBLEY on Thursday 24 September 2009 at 7:00pm in The Library at TEATROS PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB, 93 – 107 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC1.

BRIAN SIBLEY adapted J R R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings for BBC Radio in which Ian Holm stared as Frodo and Sir Michael Hordern played the wizard, Gandalf. This production was one of the inspirations for Peter Jackson to make the trilogy into movies. Continue reading “Live in London? Wanna Meet Brian Sibley?”

Bernard Hill takes the plunge for charity - East Anglian Daily TimesWe don’t often get much news about fan favorite Bernard Hill, but Ringer Celebriel sends an item about Bernard abseiling down a lighthouse in the UK as a fund raiser for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. There are some great pictures – follow the link for more! [Read More]

onemanlotrRinger Aleta writes: I attended the One Man Lord of the Rings show last night at the Edinburgh Fringe Udderbelly, written and performed by Charles Ross, and here is my report:

To set the mood for you, the show was performed at the Fringe’s Udderbelly theater – which is a giant steel-framed tent shaped like an upside down purple cow and holds 400 people. There was a party atmosphere all around the Udderbelly Pasture, with hundreds of people milling around cheerfully, each with a large plastic cupful of beer or bottle of water in hand. Inside the theater the music from the Lord of the Rings films wafted through, competing with the merry voices as people chose their seats. As a smallish venue, there couldn’t be a bad seat in the house.
Continue reading “Ringer Report from the ‘One Man LOTR’ at Edinburgh Fringe”

Gregory Pyne writes: I am pleased to announce the formation of a Ringers fundraising group here in the Orlando area called Hobbit Meals. Hobbit Meals centers itself around a love and passion for all things Lord of the Rings, while at the same time generating money and foods for local food banks and charities. Since we are just getting started, our operation is quite simple. We host Hobbit Meal events where Lord of the Rings fans come to enjoy the movies and a full Hobbit-style spread of food over the course of a day (Hobbits, as written by J.R.R. Tolkien, were known to eat up to six meals a day). Continue reading “Enjoy a ‘Hobbit Meal’ for a Good Cause”