| Shire
Productions specialise in outdoor drama and have been involved with the weekends
celebrating the life and work of J.R.R. Tolkien at Sarehole Mill, in Hall Green,
Birmingham, from their start. Members
have presented dramatic excerpts from "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the
Rings" at Sarehole Mill and Moseley Bog which are part of
the Shire Country Park. They also staged an
adaptation of Tolkien's Farmer Giles of Ham for the international gathering
Tolkien 2005 at Aston University in Birmingham. Many current members were involved
with an early production of The Hobbit at Sarehole Mill in 1989, when the films
were not even a twinkle in anyone's eye!
The drama group appear at The Middle-earth Weekend
alongside the Shire
Country Park Rangers, The Tolkien Society, the City Libraries, craftspeople,
poets, entertainers and local volunteer groups, to provide this free community
event.
If you would like to join the company as an
actor, or help on the production team for future events, contact:
enquiries@shireproductions.co.uk
This company work under the umbrella of Music on Stage a local amateur dramatic society
that incorporates, Rat Productions and Mosqueetos, a youth theatre company. |
