Some Aussie Ringers have chimed in with a few words to say about ‘The Hobbit’ stageplay:<\/p>\n
Nighshade<\/b>: The work that has gone into the stage adaption of the book is fantastic. All of the puppets which appeared were as I had visualised them! ( Gollum<\/a> was great with his flourescent green eyes !) Bilbo the 3 foot tall hero with big hairy feet, 7 foot tall aloof elves, Smaug the dragon was well done with his 20 foot long neck weaving across the stage and the dwarves were great ( Stocky little fellows with long flowing beards and wicked sense of humour!), goblins with their nasty demeanors and red glowing eyes and big fat 7 foot trolls lumbering about the stage.<\/p>\n Gandalf is one of the few players that were made up of human characters showing off some of his magical skills( staff and crystal flowing in mid air!)<\/p>\n Steven D<\/b>: It was an excellent show, and hopefully I will be going to see it again. I dont usually like stage shows or theatre, but this is one of the best shows I have seen. The characters are excellently crafted, and the play is fantastically adapted.<\/p>\n And David H<\/b> sends in something he read while attending the play:<\/p>\n The producer of the Hobbit on stage, Malcolm Cooke, wrote an introduction for this second production’s program including the following:<\/p>\n “It is now a million dollar production for the new millenium which we are presenting in every major Australian city before taking it overseas, first to New Zealand then on to America.”<\/p>\n I wonder if Peter Jackson will be seeing it in the Land of the Long White Cloud while Filming.<\/p>\n