The stage adaptation of Lord of the Rings, which debuted this spring in Toronto, is coming to London in June 2007. “The show promises to be a spectacle on a big scale with a cost to match – £25m. It will have a cast of more than 50 actors and about 90 musicians and crew. Seventeen hydraulic lifts will be used underneath the huge stage… [The] announcement comes against a backdrop of change in the industry. The budgets for theatre productions are getting bigger for an obvious reason – audiences want spectacle if they are paying up to £60 for a ticket.”